Granola
Small (~50)
incident.io
Small (~140)
Best For
Granola
Best for: Craft-focused generalists who love native macOS development and want to build a consumer-quality AI product people genuinely love
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Ratings
Granolaincident.io
4.8
4.5
Overall
4.5
4.1
Work-Life Balance
5.0
4.6
Culture & Values
4.5
4.5
Comp & Benefits
5.0
4.3
Senior Mgmt
4.7
4.3
Career Opps
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
Culture Values
Granola only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🌱 Learning & Growth🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Granola
- Users absolutely love the product — everyone at Granola genuinely cares about quality
- Plenty of opportunities to work on things that make a real difference on a small team
- 5 days in office by default (with flexibility for life circumstances)
- Small team, so things can be busy — you'll wear many hats
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
Granola
Choose Granola if you want to work on one of the most loved AI products with a small, London-based, in-office team obsessed with craft — but note the 5-days-in-office policy is explicit and non-negotiable.
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
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
Summary
Granola scores 4.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.5 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, Ship Fast & Iterate. Granola also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact, Wears Many Hats. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Learning & Growth, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Granola has 16 open roles and incident.io has 25 open roles.