Crusoe
Mid (~800)
Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Best For
Crusoe
Best for: Engineers who want AI infrastructure with a genuine clean-energy mission
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Ratings
CrusoeLabelbox
4.3
3.8
Overall
3.5
3.6
Work-Life Balance
4.5
3.8
Culture & Values
4.2
3.6
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.6
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Chase Lochmiller)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
Culture Values
Crusoe only
💜 Mission-Driven🧩 Wears Many Hats
Labelbox only
🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Crusoe
- Unique mission combining AI compute with clean energy — employees feel genuine environmental impact
- Strong compensation and equity with startup energy and rapidly growing resources
- Startup pace means long hours and ambiguity — not for people who want strict 9-to-5
- Rapid scaling creates process gaps, shifting priorities, and some organizational chaos
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
Bottom Line
Crusoe
Choose Crusoe if you want AI infrastructure with a genuine clean-energy mission and strong equity — but expect startup chaos and long hours as the company scales rapidly.
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
Open Roles
Crusoe — 318 jobs
💻 Engineering
119
💼 Sales / GTM
17
⚙️ Operations
16
⚖️ Legal
8
📋 Product
8
💰 Finance
7
🎨 Design
5
👤 HR / People
5
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
3
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Summary
Crusoe scores 4.3/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.6 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Strong Comp & Equity. Crusoe also emphasizes Mission-Driven, Wears Many Hats. Labelbox also emphasizes Diverse & Inclusive.
On the hiring front, Crusoe has 318 open roles and Labelbox has 9 open roles.