Cohere
Small (~500)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
Best For
Cohere
Best for: Enterprise AI builders willing to trade stability for cutting-edge NLP research
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
CohereFigma
2.9
3.7
Overall
2.5
3.1
Work-Life Balance
3.0
4.0
Culture & Values
3.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
2.3
3.2
Senior Mgmt
2.5
3.5
Career Opps
👍 48% Recommend
👤 55% CEO Approval (Aidan Gomez)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Cohere only
No unique values
Figma only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
🌱 Learning & Growth⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
Cohere
- Cutting-edge NLP research from Transformer co-author
- Enterprise AI focus gives real customer impact
- Frequent organizational restructuring has led to notable team turnover
- Internal communication from leadership could be more transparent
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
Bottom Line
Cohere
Choose Cohere if you want Transformer co-author pedigree and enterprise AI focus — but expect turbulence and lower ratings.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Open Roles
Cohere — 116 jobs
💻 Engineering
36
💼 Sales / GTM
12
🧠 ML / AI
9
📋 Product
8
📣 Marketing
7
💰 Finance
4
👤 HR / People
4
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
2
⚖️ Legal
1
🎧 Support
1
Figma — 155 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
27
👤 HR / People
11
🎨 Design
9
📣 Marketing
6
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
📋 Product
4
💰 Finance
2
🎧 Support
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
Cohere scores 2.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 2.5 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Learning & Growth, Engineering-Driven. Figma also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Cohere has 116 open roles and Figma has 155 open roles.