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4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(585 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 4, 2023
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Pros

- Great tech that solves real world problems with data, ML, and AI. - Hard working C-level and founders - Leader in ML and AI toolbox

Cons

1. Terrible and outdated sales culture led by former Cloudera/Hortonworks sales folks. Favorites get the best accounts and territory. For a data company, sales org lacks data driven approach to setting quotas and matching the reps with the most ideal backgrounds to accounts and territories. Needs a refresh at the VP level and up to move away from startup mentality and get to the next phase of growth. 2. The best solution engineers and architects get promoted quickly to work on top paying accounts, leaving new hunters to be paired up with new engineers that are not equipped to manage complex sales cycles. 3. Fast growth startup culture that rewards "the grind" and burnout instead of sustainable steady growth. Just asked how many team building or family inclusive events has Databricks done in the last 12 months.

1.0
Nov 29, 2023
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Pros

1. Great technology that works and customers love. 2. Fast home grown innovation as well as strategic acquisitions paving the way for growth. 3. Founders are still some of the hardest working people in the company and always on the road creating awareness and building relationships with C-level executives and board members.

Cons

1. Definitely suffering from a good ol boys club mentality promoted by VPs and up that came from the failed Cloudera & Hortonworks Hadoop experiment. Witnessed first hand where a teammate's best account was in a contract stage but was given to VPs friends that they have brought in from other companies. Also best accounts and territories go to folks who have been there for a long time and are favored. 2. OTE packages are deceiving and territories are painted as fruitful. Most reps are living off of purely base salaries and unrecoverable and recoverable draws. They have massively over hired to try to match boots on the ground to Snowflake and territories continue to shrink. Many of us have gone from 50-80 accounts to 2-3 and top performing accounts get shifted to favored reps. 3. Unattainable quotas - They change quotas at every 6 months and the majority can't come close to hit targets. Many reps have voiced their concern for over a year, nothing improves, people leave. Leadership seems happy with just squeezing little drops of the lemon accounts that are left. 4. Micro-managing, unrealistic metrics, and selling desperation increasing. This is starting to show at customer meetings where we haven't earn the technical win yet but we are already asking for multi-year commitment. Starting to track number of emails, calls, sales meetings, event registrations, and many more salesforce field requirements distracting reps from doing real strategic selling. 5. The culture is great in small pockets like Partner Alliance teams or those lucky enough to join activities at a near by office. Nobody really knows each other, what motivates them, or offer opportunities for team bonding, cross training, or up-skilling.

5.0
Nov 28, 2023
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Pros

-Bleeding edge but also foundational technology for the great AI cycle -Large company with a startup culture; very few blockers to communication with key leaders -Opportunity for career growth

Cons

-The company moves so fast that what is new one week can be old the next. Not much of a con if you're comfortable with that pace. -No 401k match

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