Glean
Large (~1,475)
Hugging Face
Small (~400)
Best For
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
Hugging Face
Best for: Open-source enthusiasts who value remote flexibility over top comp
Ratings
GleanHugging Face
4.2
3.8
Overall
3.8
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.2
Culture & Values
4.2
3.4
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.6
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 78% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Clement Delangue)
Culture Values
Glean only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Hugging Face only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy🌐 Remote-Friendly🕐 Flexible Hours🧩 Wears Many Hats📡 Async-First
Shared
🪟 Transparent
Pros & Cons
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
Hugging Face
- True open-source DNA — you work on things millions of developers actually use
- Remote-first and async culture that actually works across time zones
- Below-market comp compared to FAANG
- Career progression is unclear — no well-defined ladder
Bottom Line
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.
Hugging Face
Choose Hugging Face if you want to build tools millions of ML devs use with true remote freedom — but comp lags FAANG.
Open Roles
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Hugging Face — 11 jobs
🧠 ML / AI
7
💻 Engineering
2
🎨 Design
1
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Hugging Face scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Transparent. Glean also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Hugging Face also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy, Remote-Friendly, Flexible Hours, Wears Many Hats, Async-First.
On the hiring front, Glean has 196 open roles and Hugging Face has 11 open roles.