Databricks reviews

Rapid growth in size leads to reorganizations, management, and title changes not infrequently.

Back-channeling is a real thing. Good candidates got knocked out b/c of this. Terrible policy. Almost worse than giving candidates verbal offers to then rescind (which has happened...) No hire lists.. horrible. PERF - a huge waste of time for everyone involved that is adorned by leadership. Every 6 months you have to fake enthusiasm about your job / write 'anonymous' reviews about your colleagues. Every week you have to do a 'dear diary' entry about your week and goals. More time-wasting activities that go into the ether.. Middle managers who do what exactly? So many middle managers who are bonafide kindergarten teachers. It is truly unclear what a lot of leadership actually does. If I had to hear one more time "we want to set you up for success" or "we are here to support you" with no actual plan behind what that meant I was going to faint. Goals were arbitrarily set and moved around often with little to no context or data to support them. General toxic vibe - nobody taking time off/working during vacation and sick days. Everybody complains about processes and leadership but then fake smiles during meetings and says everything is hunky dory. Who is Hunky Dory?? Peak corporate robotics. Our all-company event in February in Vegas served mostly inedible food for the entire length of the mandatory 2-3 day event. I've never been to an event with such disgusting food. Who planned that thing, Fyre Festival people? Diversity is not in any way measured by recruiting. It's really just a talking point. Fringe candidates from underrepresented backgrounds are hardly given any consideration if any at all. The place was fun up until the first hiring pause in December '22 - since then, a lot of talking out of two sides of the mouth from leadership leading up to the layoffs that were 'not going to happen.' -- This is simply a reflection of working in recruiting here. The product is great..