Brex
Large (~1,600)
incident.io
Small (~140)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Ratings
Brexincident.io
4.0
4.5
Overall
3.9
4.1
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.6
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.3
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.3
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
Culture Values
Brex only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
incident.io only
🛡️ Safe to Fail🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 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
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
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.
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
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
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Transparent. Brex also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. incident.io also emphasizes Safe to Fail, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and incident.io has 25 open roles.