Laying off people and not a good experience - Anonymous Databricks Employee Review

1.0
May 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Comp was OK Equity Good tech

Cons

Micromanagement and not all all empowering. Things seem to move very slowly because of the level of micromanagement. Layoffs and no support or concern at all for those that were impacted. Very much a “this is how we do it here” culture which was surprising for a disruptive tech company. Goals and objectives not clearly defined, so you don’t know what to focus on. Apparent favoritism for those that have relationships with leadership. Many layers of management for a company of this size.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

- great people - amazing product that sells itself once people get their hands on it - innovative company - decent ote and benefits

Cons

- comp plan this year for hunters is not aligned with company strategy of focusing on larger, multi-year commits. it incentivizes quantity of deals vs. quality of deals, and payouts on commit $$$ are peanuts.

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