Brex
Large (~1,600)
Granola
Small (~50)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
Ratings
BrexGranola
4.0
4.8
Overall
3.9
4.5
Work-Life Balance
3.8
5.0
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
5.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.7
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
Culture Values
Brex only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Granola only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
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
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
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.
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
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
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Granola scores 4.8/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 0.8-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. Granola also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and Granola has 16 open roles.