Glean
Large (~1,475)
incident.io
Small (~140)
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
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Ratings
Gleanincident.io
4.2
4.5
Overall
3.8
4.1
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.6
Culture & Values
4.2
4.5
Comp & Benefits
4.0
4.3
Senior Mgmt
4.0
4.3
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
Culture Values
Glean only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
incident.io only
🛡️ Safe to Fail🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🪟 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
incident.io
- Strong culture with a dedicated culture manager — values are practiced, not just stated
- Excellent compensation and benefits with strong career growth opportunities
- Rapid scaling can create instability — some report organizational growing pains
- London-centric with limited remote options for some roles
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.
incident.io
Exceptional culture (4.5 stars) with genuine values, great benefits including 10% pension match, and kind colleagues — but London-centric with some layoff scars from 2024.
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
incident.io — 27 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
20
💻 Engineering
6
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 overall with a 4.1 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Ship Fast & Iterate, Transparent. Glean also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. incident.io also emphasizes Safe to Fail, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Glean has 196 open roles and incident.io has 27 open roles.