ElevenLabs
Mid (~600)
Mercor
Small (~200)
Best For
ElevenLabs
Best for: AI engineers who want to push the frontier of voice synthesis at a fast-growing startup
Mercor
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI hiring infrastructure at a $10B rocketship with extreme ownership and MIT-founder energy
Ratings
ElevenLabsMercor
4.2
3.9
Overall
3.6
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.6
Culture & Values
4.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.7
Career Opps
👍 78% Recommend
👤 82% CEO Approval (Mati Staniszewski)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 82% CEO Approval (Brendan Foody)
Culture Values
ElevenLabs only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Mercor only
🤝 Flat Hierarchy💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Pros & Cons
ElevenLabs
- Cutting-edge AI voice technology — working on one of the most advanced products in the AI voice space
- Exceptional talent density and remote-first culture spanning 30+ countries
- Work-life balance is poor — 60+ hour weeks are the norm with constant pressure to deliver
- Leadership maturity concerns — little margin for error or professional growth
Mercor
- Massive impact at an AI company growing at breakneck speed
- Top-tier compensation with strong equity at $10B valuation
- Intense 9/9/6 work schedule — long hours are the norm
- Work-life balance is a real sacrifice at this stage
Bottom Line
ElevenLabs
Choose ElevenLabs if you want cutting-edge AI voice tech with remote flexibility — but expect intense hours and startup pace.
Mercor
Choose Mercor if you want outsized impact on AI-era hiring at a tiny, fast-moving team — but the 9/9/6 schedule is real, and work-life balance is genuinely sacrificed for speed.
Open Roles
ElevenLabs — 112 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
51
💻 Engineering
15
📣 Marketing
13
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Mercor — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
20
🧠 ML / AI
6
💼 Sales / GTM
5
👤 HR / People
3
📊 Data
2
📣 Marketing
2
📋 Product
2
🎨 Design
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Summary
ElevenLabs scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.6 work-life balance rating. Mercor scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven. ElevenLabs also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Mercor also emphasizes Flat Hierarchy, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, ElevenLabs has 112 open roles and Mercor has 49 open roles.