Glean
Large (~1,475)
Mercury
Large (~1,300)
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
Mercury
Best for: Engineers who want product ownership and fast growth building startup banking infrastructure
Ratings
GleanMercury
4.2
4.3
Overall
3.8
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.9
Culture & Values
4.2
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.9
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 79% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Immad Akhund)
Culture Values
Glean only
🪟 Transparent
Mercury only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 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
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
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.
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
Glean — 196 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
68
💻 Engineering
42
📋 Product
16
📣 Marketing
10
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
6
🎨 Design
5
📊 Data
3
⚙️ Operations
3
Mercury — 53 jobs
💻 Engineering
11
💼 Sales / GTM
10
📣 Marketing
4
🎨 Design
3
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
2
💰 Finance
2
👤 HR / People
2
📋 Product
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
⚙️ Operations
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 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: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Glean also emphasizes Transparent. Mercury also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Glean has 196 open roles and Mercury has 53 open roles.