Brex
Large (~1,600)
PostHog
Small (~170)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
PostHog
Best for: Self-directed engineers who want radical transparency, no meetings, and full ownership of their product area
Ratings
BrexPostHog
4.0
4.3
Overall
3.9
4.5
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.4
Culture & Values
4.0
4.3
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.1
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.1
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 86% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (James Hawkins)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
PostHog only
🔓 Open Source📡 Async-First🌐 Remote-Friendly🤝 Flat Hierarchy🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🪟 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
PostHog
- Extreme transparency — public handbook, open-source everything, radical autonomy
- Generous compensation with competitive pay, equity, and home office budget
- Small team means limited career progression paths
- Top-down decision-making can sometimes override team input
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.
PostHog
Radically transparent open-source culture with 2-3 person autonomous teams, no deadlines, and a public handbook — ideal if you're self-motivated, tough if you need structure.
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
PostHog — 14 jobs
💻 Engineering
6
💼 Sales / GTM
3
📋 Product
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. PostHog scores 4.3/5.0 overall with a 4.5 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Transparent. Brex also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. PostHog also emphasizes Open Source, Async-First, Remote-Friendly, Flat Hierarchy, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and PostHog has 14 open roles.