Brex
Large (~1,600)
Decagon
Small (~210)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Ratings
BrexDecagon
4.0
3.9
Overall
3.9
3.7
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.8
Culture & Values
4.0
3.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.7
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.7
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
Culture Values
Brex only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Decagon only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
Bottom Line
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Open Roles
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
2
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact. Brex also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent. Decagon also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Decagon has 95 open roles.