Glean
Large (~1,475)
Snowflake
Large (~7,000)
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
Snowflake
Best for: Professionals interested in Snowflake
Ratings
GleanSnowflake
4.2
3.7
Overall
3.8
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.3
3.8
Culture & Values
4.2
3.7
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.5
Career Opps
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Glean only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🪟 Transparent
Snowflake only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🚀 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
Snowflake
- Massive-scale distributed systems work with top-tier compensation and RSUs
- High technical bar, accessible senior leaders, and real learning opportunities
- Culture shifting under new leadership — holiday cuts and increased performance pressure
- Quarterly planning overhead and oncall load vary significantly by team
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.
Snowflake
Snowflake — 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
Snowflake — 419 jobs
💻 Engineering
181
💼 Sales / GTM
93
📣 Marketing
29
📋 Product
22
📊 Data
14
⚖️ Legal
6
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
💰 Finance
3
🎨 Design
2
Summary
Glean scores 4.2/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.8 work-life balance rating. Snowflake scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Ship Fast & Iterate. Glean also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Transparent. Snowflake also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Glean has 180 open roles and Snowflake has 419 open roles.