RUN DON'T WALK FROM THIS SALES DEV ORG! - Sales Development Databricks Employee Review

3.0
9 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing product, intellectual teammates, and good internal tools. Ali is a great vision setter and has a strategic direction for the company to go public, which does benefit everyone! Customers included. We love our customers and they're some of the best and most talented data and AI professionals in the WORLD. It's clear how we're helping modernize the future.

Cons

The sales career growth here is a 50/50 gamble. The directors especially are nepotistic - they promote favorites, not results. Reps know who's getting promotions before they're even posted. It creates an us vs. them divide. VPs are clueless on career dev. Directors string reps along endlessly with empty promises of "the next opportunity." They're manipulative masters at killing morale. Managers are kept in the dark on promo paths, causing rep vs. manager conflicts. If you're early career, run DON'T walk when they dangle "growth." Look at how many burnt out SDRs/BDRs quit after 2 years despite hitting targets. Their latest trick is the "Growth Development" role - that's not what we meant by career growth... we're not dumb. it's just a rebranded BDR role setting meetings. They pay BDR salary while calling it an AE role. Corporate manipulation to get cheap leads. For external interviews, push them on how they actually handle reps who don't get promotions. They'll give you the token success story, but it's BS. It's a coin flip whether you'll legitimately grow or just get strung along indefinitely. After reading, is that how you'd imagine the best Data and AI company in the world to act? This manipulation might have worked for the Directors at their old orgs back in the early 2000's, there's more data to back the nepotism now.

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5.0
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Pros

* high growth * faced paced * brilliant co-workers

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Great teams made up of smart, motivated people. Databricks is an exciting place to work because it is part of the growing data and AI tools space. The benefits and income are also good overall.

Cons

Databricks no longer feels like a startup. There are now multiple layers of bureaucracy, and leadership can feel territorial rather than collaborative. Over time, it can seem like business growth and internal politics have become stronger drivers than innovation or employee experience. For long-tenured employees, it may become harder to stay excited or feel challenged. Other companies may offer a more energizing environment.

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