Pros: + Great benefits + Chill environment + Meaningful and impactful work + A lot of smart people

Cons: People work a lot, and that seeps into expectations for career growth. Operational overhead is increasing as they try and stabilize their product.

Pros: The people that make up the Databricks community, both within and outside engineering, are the most talented, caring, and humble that I have ever worked with. Everyone is incredibly smart, but there is not a trace of ego in the company -- making it a great place to learn, grow, and make an impact. In addition, the company's original three bets -- cloud, open source, and AI -- are paying off big time. Databricks simply has by far the best product out there for unified data science and AI, and we believe the best is yet to come. There's ample room in the market for the company to grow several orders of magnitude bigger. Every successful organization will be AI-driven in the next ten years, so everyone is a potential customer -- which is why it is still as exciting and motivating to work here even after 5 years of unprecedented growth. Last, but not least, the unified analytics platform we are building is at the forefront of technology innovation, and Databricks challenges engineers to innovate in everything from distributed systems, security engineering, machine learning, and user experience.

Cons: Databricks does not tolerate "brilliant jerks." We've had our share of really smart engineers that had to do things "their way or the highway." Well, those folks took the highway. If you can't work well in a team and occasionally disagree and commit to supporting directions other than your own, Databricks isn't for you. We all believe in sacrificing a little bit for each other here, which is why it is such a great community to work with.

Pros: Many of the engineers I worked with are brilliant, supportive, and truly wonderful friends who I will always cherish. No action the executives take can diminish the impact these relationships have had on my life and happiness.

Cons: I experienced a whole host of managerial issues at Databricks, but my exit process really takes the cake. When an exec found out I was leaving, he sent my skip level to convince me to stay. My skip level started our one-on-one by asking me why I wanted to leave. I started to say that many of the points I made in meetings and code reviews were ignored, but he interrupted me to dismiss my point as minor. He told me I could not possibly find a job as good as what I had at Databricks. He monologued for twenty minutes after my initial two sentences, concluding by calling me childish. At this point, he asked me if I had any other reasons for wanting to leave. The remainder of this meeting cyclically replayed the first twenty minutes. I would start to answer his question, and within my first two sentences, he would cut me off to dismiss my words and call me unprofessional, unreasonable, and childish. He repeatedly emphasized that I would never be able to find anything better. He told me I was lucky to have gotten a job at such a special company. He concluded this meeting by telling me I would never be happy no matter where I went. For the months before and weeks after this meeting, I regularly brought up my concerns (including the challenging management) to my chain of management, but nothing was ever done. Instead, this skip level has since been promoted. Nothing has improved, and nothing is likely to improve in the future. It’s a shame.