Granola
Small (~50)
Samsara
Large (~5,200)
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
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Ratings
GranolaSamsara
4.8
4.0
Overall
4.5
3.9
Work-Life Balance
5.0
4.1
Culture & Values
4.5
4.0
Comp & Benefits
5.0
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.7
3.8
Career Opps
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
Culture Values
Granola only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🧩 Wears Many Hats
Samsara only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
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
Samsara
- Clear career trajectory with frequent promotions in sales
- Real-world product impact building IoT for physical operations
- Engineers rate WLB at only 2.9/5 despite company average of 3.9
- Remote work used to justify overwork including weekends
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.
Samsara
Strong sales culture and real-world product impact at massive scale, but engineers report significantly worse WLB than the company average suggests.
Open Roles
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Samsara — 383 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
188
💻 Engineering
60
📋 Product
36
📣 Marketing
11
🧠 ML / AI
10
📊 Data
7
⚙️ Operations
7
🎧 Support
5
👤 HR / People
3
⚖️ Legal
2
🎨 Design
1
Summary
Granola scores 4.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.5 work-life balance rating. Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Granola also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Wears Many Hats. Samsara also emphasizes Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Granola has 16 open roles and Samsara has 383 open roles.