Glean

AI Enterprise Search — Work Knowledge at Your Fingertips

The consensus on Glean: Top-tier AI engineering talent and explosive growth, but comp lags peers and the sales org has churn problems — the engineering side is the real draw.

2019
Founded
Palo Alto
Headquarters
~1,475
Employees
$4.6B
Valuation
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Culture Overview

What it's really like to work at Glean

Glean is building AI-powered enterprise search, founded by Arvind Jain (ex-Google, who led the team behind Google Desktop Search). The engineering culture is the real draw — world-class AI talent working on cutting-edge search and retrieval problems. The company is transparent and collaborative with strong career growth on the engineering side. However, compensation lags peers (rated 3.6/5) and the sales organization has churn and toxicity problems that the company is working to address.

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Glassdoor Ratings

Glean Glassdoor Ratings & Employee Reviews

4.2
Overall Glassdoor Score
Based on employee reviews
Culture & Values4.3
Compensation & Benefits3.6
Senior Management4.0
Career Opportunities4.0
Work-Life Balance3.8
Overall Rating4.2
84% Recommend to a Friend
88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Employee Review Themes

Working at Glean: Pros & Cons

✓ What employees love

  • ✓World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
  • ✓Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
  • ✓Explosive growth trajectory with strong equity upside potential

✗ What could be better

  • ✗Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
  • ✗Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
  • ✗Rapid scaling brings growing pains and process gaps
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Community Sentiment

What the community says about Glean

Mixed Sentiment 5 mentions from Hacker News & Reddit · Updated 2026-03-30
“One of my favourite kooks is an artist named Stanislaw Szukalski[0]. Although he had some heinously racist ideas (yeti inbreeding with humans), his art skills are unmatched, and his critical analysis of ancient art led him to develop the concept of the "Protong", the...”
Hacker News aa-jv · 2025-09-22 View thread →
“Glean was working in this space since 2019, before chatgpt moment.”
Hacker News cantor_S_drug · 2025-10-24 View thread →
“Perhaps you haven't used many MCP server, but those that I have used (GitHub, Atlassian, Glean, BuildKite, Figma, Google Workspace, etc) work very well. They teach an LLM how to do exactly what you're saying - "use the API standards...”
Hacker News block_dagger · 2025-11-17 View thread →
“I guess one flaw in the argument about success leading to failure due to model providers eating the product layer, esp for B2B, is it ignores switching costs.”
Hacker News another_twist · 2025-09-14 View thread →

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