Brex
Large (~1,600)
Wayve
Mid (~850)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Ratings
BrexWayve
4.0
4.4
Overall
3.9
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.5
Culture & Values
4.0
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.2
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
Culture Values
Brex only
🪟 Transparent
Wayve only
🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
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
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
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.
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
Open Roles
Brex — 250 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
80
💻 Engineering
51
📋 Product
20
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
📊 Data
10
👤 HR / People
8
⚙️ Operations
8
💰 Finance
5
⚖️ Legal
3
🎧 Support
2
Wayve — 83 jobs
💻 Engineering
47
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
6
📋 Product
5
📊 Data
3
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Brex also emphasizes Transparent. Wayve also emphasizes Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Brex has 250 open roles and Wayve has 83 open roles.