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      Databricks

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      Databricks reviews

      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (1,634 total reviews)
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      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 1,634 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Jan 20, 2022

      Toxic culture masked by the promise of stocks

      Solution architect
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The technical people are advanced in their skill sets

      Cons

      Sales in Databricks are seen as "Top Dogs" who essentially can get away with anything. For example, I saw rudeness/aggression/intimidation to databricks customer partners and nothing was done about it. There was also bullying from Sales Leads (AE's) and not only will you get no support, but you will be blamed for any issues. Working here affected my mental health badly - the manipulation and narrative particular protected people strung was infuriating. Micromanagement was a daily hassle, so was diary snooping and so evidencing an obvious lack of trust and suspicion between AEs, senior management and field engineers / SAs.

      2.0
      Jul 30, 2020

      Terrible Sales Culture, Micro Management to the extreme

      Enterprise account executive
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great Product for ETL, Good brand awareness

      Cons

      Most middle management / sales directors do not understand product, have no interest in meeting clients, and simply repeat the GRIT Mantra. Often find yourself needing to do internal busy work over external client meetings. Have hired to many sales people - fight for accounts won by those who have been at DB longest. BOYS CLUB

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      Databricks Response
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      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We are sorry to hear about your experience! It is our top priority to create an inclusive and equitable environment and are always looking to improve. We would love to learn more about your experience. Please feel free to contact me directly if you would like to provide any additional feedback.
      5.0
      Jul 1, 2016

      Reinventing big data processing

      Solutions architect
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Smart and dedicated team with great mix of academia/research and industry experience * Taking the best of research and converting it to industrial strength, secure, scalable product * Great dynamic start-up environment with wonderful perks/benefits in beautiful setting in downtown San Francisco (catered lunches, pool table, table tennis, free snacks, frequent presentations, team outings...) * Learn all about one of the hottest big data frameworks (Apache Spark) and the cloud-hosted managed Databricks Spark environment. Technologies: Apache Spark, AWS (e.g. S3, Redshift), big data processing/storage, machine learning, graph processing, streaming. Access to Databricks demo environment and AWS dev tier. * Solid product in high demand backed by well-known venture capitalists in tremendous growth mode but still good work-life balance. * Access to some great open source committers and thought leaders like Matei Zaharia, Michael Armbrust, Tathagata “TD” Das and Reynold Xin.

      Cons

      * If working remotely from East Coast: 3 hour time difference and long cross-country flight with less access to the company HQ culture in SF. I am leaving to join a great local software development firm with short commute and just being part of a wonderful team. If I lived or could relocate to SF, Databricks would be one of my top choices of employers and I can only recommend it.

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