ElevenLabs
Mid (~600)
Mercury
Large (~1,300)
Best For
ElevenLabs
Best for: AI engineers who want to push the frontier of voice synthesis at a fast-growing startup
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Ratings
ElevenLabsMercury
4.2
4.3
Overall
3.6
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.9
Culture & Values
4.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.5
3.9
Career Opps
👍 78% Recommend
👤 82% CEO Approval (Mati Staniszewski)
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
Culture Values
ElevenLabs only
🌐 Remote-Friendly
Mercury only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
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
Mercury
- Strong talent density with smart, motivated teammates and genuine autonomy and ownership
- Great Place to Work certified — product-first mindset with meaningful scope for every engineer
- Still figuring out how to scale processes — expect some ambiguity and shifting priorities
- Work-life balance rated 3.8/5 — periods of higher intensity during rapid growth phases
Bottom Line
ElevenLabs
Choose ElevenLabs if you want cutting-edge AI voice tech with remote flexibility — but expect intense hours and startup pace.
Mercury
Choose Mercury if you want product ownership, fast growth, and to build banking infrastructure for startups — but expect growing pains and occasionally intense workloads.
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
Mercury — 70 jobs
💻 Engineering
15
💼 Sales / GTM
13
👤 HR / People
4
📋 Product
4
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
⚙️ Operations
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
ElevenLabs scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.6 work-life balance rating. Mercury scores 4.3/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. ElevenLabs also emphasizes Remote-Friendly. Mercury also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, ElevenLabs has 112 open roles and Mercury has 70 open roles.