Airtable
Mid (~900)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
Airtable
Best for: Engineers who want strong technical culture and real product impact at a leading no-code platform
Glean
Best for: AI engineers who want to work on enterprise search with ex-Google leadership and don't mind below-market base pay offset by strong equity upside
Ratings
AirtableGlean
4.1
4.2
Overall
4.0
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.3
Culture & Values
4.0
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.0
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 67% CEO Approval (Howie Liu)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
Airtable only
🌈 Diverse & Inclusive🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly
Glean only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🪟 Transparent
Shared
🎯 Direct Product Impact⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Airtable
- 91% of engineers recommend — dedicated culture ambassadors plan events and build community
- Strong work-life balance (4.0/5) with remote-friendly options and great benefits
- Post-layoff culture has been impacted — some report declining morale since 2023 restructuring
- Communication from leadership could improve — management quality varies by team
Glean
- World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
- Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
- Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
- Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
Bottom Line
Airtable
Choose Airtable if you want strong engineering culture, real product impact at scale, and good WLB — but expect some post-restructuring growing pains and leadership uncertainty.
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.
Open Roles
Airtable — 55 jobs
💻 Engineering
17
💼 Sales / GTM
14
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
1
📣 Marketing
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Summary
Airtable scores 4.1/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.0 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact, Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth. Airtable also emphasizes Diverse & Inclusive, Flat Hierarchy, Remote-Friendly. Glean also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Transparent.
On the hiring front, Airtable has 55 open roles and Glean has 196 open roles.