Glean
Large (~1,475)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
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
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
GleanLambda
4.2
3.6
Overall
3.8
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.7
Culture & Values
4.2
3.6
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.4
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.4
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Glean only
🌱 Learning & Growth🪟 Transparent
Lambda only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
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
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Glean — 180 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
62
💻 Engineering
38
📋 Product
15
👤 HR / People
7
⚙️ Operations
6
🎨 Design
5
📣 Marketing
5
🧠 ML / AI
5
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Glean also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Transparent. Lambda also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Glean has 180 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.