Airtable
Mid (~900)
Mercury
Large (~1,300)
Best For
Airtable
Best for: Engineers who want strong technical culture and real product impact at a leading no-code platform
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Ratings
AirtableMercury
4.1
4.3
Overall
4.0
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.9
3.9
Culture & Values
4.0
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.8
3.9
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 67% CEO Approval (Howie Liu)
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
Culture Values
Airtable only
🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Mercury only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
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 good benefits and hybrid flexibility
- Post-layoff culture has been impacted — some report declining morale since 2023 restructuring
- Communication from leadership could improve — management quality varies by team
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
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.
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
Open Roles
Airtable — 57 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
15
💻 Engineering
14
📋 Product
5
🎨 Design
4
📊 Data
3
📣 Marketing
2
💰 Finance
1
⚙️ Operations
1
🎧 Support
1
Mercury — 70 jobs
💻 Engineering
15
💼 Sales / GTM
13
👤 HR / People
4
📋 Product
4
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Airtable scores 4.1/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.0 work-life balance rating. Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact, Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth. Airtable also emphasizes Diverse & Inclusive. Mercury also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Airtable has 57 open roles and Mercury has 70 open roles.