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.

What are the top reviewed Databricks locations?

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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

1.0

Feb 2, 2025

Biased Culture – Beware If You’re Not in the Club!

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tech is innovative, and the FE team is mostly talented. If you’re lucky enough to have a fair and supportive manager, you’ll feel valued, and your experience will be drastically different—maybe even rewarding!

Cons

If you’re a woman, do NOT expect recognition, career growth, or fair treatment unless you’re part of the “inner circle.” If you’re not in the inner circle, you’re disposable—no matter how hard you work. Work-life balance is a joke—you’ll be grinding late nights and weekends with zero downtime. The burnout is real, and the long-term damage isn’t worth it. Constant org changes create chaos, and the toxic dynamic between AEs and SAs only makes things worse!

1.0

Jan 4, 2023

Good product, toxic environment

Resident solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great product and technology - Fast growing company - Good long term company vision

Cons

- No work life balance. Long working hours benefiting for your upper management more than yourself - No carreer opportunities, double standards when it comes to promotion or salary increase - Toxic and cliques culture

3.0

Nov 1, 2023

Very uneven experience

Senior engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The product is great, and the quality of engineering is on par with places like Google. Moves really fast, obsessed with SWE productivity. Can make a big splash here. The concentration of smart, experienced people here is higher than FAANGs I’ve worked at.

Cons

The culture has taken a bad turn or two. There’s a lot of XFN infighting and backstabbing. Leadership outs people for confidentially reporting something. Lots of things get stonewalled instead of saying yes or no. It’s odd that with so many great people the culture can be this toxic, but it’s seriously the worst I’ve seen (and I’ve been in this industry for 25 years). As a SWE up to L6 you can probably avoid most of this, but the higher levels are like a kindergarten. Also, the company ignores WLB, perks, training, team building and basically all other factors that drive retention. The only things that are supposed to motivate you are (1) interesting work and (2) compensation, which is competitive. But there’s no investment in cohesion, growing people over time or improving the culture.

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