Figma
Large (~2,800)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Glean
Best for: AI engineers who want to work on enterprise search with ex-Google leadership and don't mind below-market base pay offset by strong equity upside
Ratings
FigmaGlean
3.7
4.2
Overall
3.1
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.3
Culture & Values
4.0
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.2
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.0
Career Opps
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
Figma only
🎧 Deep Work / Low Meetings
Glean only
🪟 Transparent
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
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
Glean
- World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
- Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
- Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
- Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
Bottom Line
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
Glean
Top-tier AI engineering talent and explosive growth, but comp lags peers and the sales org has churn problems — the engineering side is the real draw.
Open Roles
Figma — 152 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
29
👤 HR / People
11
🎨 Design
10
⚖️ Legal
7
📣 Marketing
6
📋 Product
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Summary
Figma scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.1 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact. Figma also emphasizes Deep Work / Low Meetings. Glean also emphasizes Transparent.
On the hiring front, Figma has 152 open roles and Glean has 196 open roles.