Brex
Large (~1,600)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
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
BrexGlean
4.0
4.2
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.3
Culture & Values
4.0
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.0
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
Brex only
No unique values
Glean only
No unique values
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
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
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
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.
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
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
Glean — 180 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
62
💻 Engineering
38
📋 Product
15
👤 HR / People
7
⚙️ Operations
6
🎨 Design
5
📣 Marketing
5
🧠 ML / AI
5
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Transparent.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Glean has 180 open roles.