✓Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
✗Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
✗Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
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.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.