Is Databricks a good company to work for?

Databricks has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,780 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Databricks to a friend and 85% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Databricks have been left by employees working as Strategic Account Executive , Sr. Solutions Architect and Senior Solutions Architect .

Does Databricks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Databricks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Databricks. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Databricks?

75% of Databricks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Databricks 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (139) , Software Engineer (132) , Account Executive (120) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (41) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (36) , Resident Solutions Architect (27) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Solution Architect (26) , Sales (24) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (20) , Customer Success Engineer (19) , Strategic Account Executive (19) , Technical Solutions Engineer (17) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and healthy." ((in 232 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 175 reviews)); "Great Leadership who really do provide a lot of clarity into how the business is run and are always happy to lean in with customers." ((in 125 reviews)); "Great benefits and a generous fitness stipend!" ((in 84 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 65 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"There is no work life balance to the constant micromanagement from the in" ((in 82 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 30 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 28 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 22 reviews)); "life balance as much as possible." ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about Databricks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Databricks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Databricks in 2026.

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Databricks reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,637 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,637 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Databricks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

2.0

Aug 12, 2023

Caution!!!!Dont join if going into service division

Field engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Heaps of learning. Loads of managers types Sales focused company

Cons

Not matured into service sector. Its a product company with strong US based engineering focus however their service division is handled by sales team. This creates conflict of interest when servicing customers. Service decisions and handling is done by AE. AE has no background of you as PS team member and more inclined to presales team. Presales team will put all their work to post sales. Ultimately if u r part of service team u ll end up doing job of everyone but even then ur name wont be counted since company is sales focussed and not service focussed. Join if u r part of presales else AVOID

1.0

Feb 25, 2023

Fast growing mid size company with mediocre and below average talent as well as management

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

- Racially discriminative management - Work if you have patience to work with few idiotic brains in the industry, who at most don't understand their core job role

1.0

Sep 10, 2025

Toxic work culture

Technical solutions engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

(1) Base pay is moderate but great paper money through stocks (2)Great amenities like free food , snacks , office space, cab, gym allowance (but you'll have no time and peace of mind to enjoy it )

Cons

1) no onboarding - namesake enablement and mentorship .You are on your own from day1 2)Lot of metrics and day to day target - forcing only on quantity and not on quality - only super human can achieve this 3)Many rounds of interview which spans across months to get hired ( includes reference check - might call your existing company colleagues through backdoor without your approvals- offer letter gets released after the reference check- so beware , you might end up losing your existing job as well 😜) (4) Average 15-17 hours of work everyday - and they expect individuals to support on weekends as well (5)Hire and fire policy -favouritism and managers can shout at you anytime if you don't meet their expectations (6) Though they provide enough leaves - you can't avail them (7) It's a pure individual contributor role - no team work, you won't get help from teammates as everyone will be busy with unachievable targets (8) Very toxic and stressful work culture - be prepared to join only if you can forget life and family (9) Please join here only if you just need money and are ok to sacrifice your life and health

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