Cerebras Systems
Large (~700)
incident.io
Small (~140)
Best For
Cerebras Systems
Best for: Hardware and systems engineers who want to build the world's fastest AI chip at a newly public company
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Ratings
Cerebras Systemsincident.io
4.0
4.5
Overall
3.8
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.1
4.6
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.3
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.3
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Andrew Feldman)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
Culture Values
Cerebras Systems only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
Cerebras Systems
- Collaborative culture with strong mentorship
- Autonomy in small self-managed teams
- Top-down decisions with aggressive timelines
- Recent layoffs and workload concerns
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
Cerebras Systems
Choose Cerebras if you want to work on wafer-scale AI chips with collaborative mentorship and autonomy — but expect aggressive timelines driven from the top and recent organizational instability post-IPO.
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
Cerebras Systems — 93 jobs
💻 Engineering
58
🧠 ML / AI
10
💰 Finance
5
📋 Product
5
📣 Marketing
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Summary
Cerebras Systems scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 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: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth. Cerebras Systems also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Ship Fast & Iterate, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Cerebras Systems has 93 open roles and incident.io has 25 open roles.