Granola
Small (~50)
Writer
Mid (~400)
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
Writer
Best for: Professionals interested in Writer
Ratings
GranolaWriter
4.8
3.5
Overall
4.5
2.7
Work-Life Balance
5.0
3.6
Culture & Values
4.5
3.5
Comp & Benefits
5.0
3.3
Senior Mgmt
4.7
3.3
Career Opps
👍 100% Recommend
👤 100% CEO Approval (Sam Stephenson)
👍 70% Recommend
👤 74% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Granola only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact🧩 Wears Many Hats
Writer only
🔓 Open Source
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
Writer
- Real AI engineering with proprietary LLMs — not just wrapping OpenAI APIs
- Strong enterprise traction and visionary product direction
- Intense work culture with very high expectations and limited work-life balance
- Growing management layers creating organizational friction
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.
Writer
Writer — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Granola — 16 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
6
💻 Engineering
4
📣 Marketing
2
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
⚖️ Legal
1
⚙️ Operations
1
Writer — 49 jobs
💻 Engineering
16
💼 Sales / GTM
12
🎨 Design
1
⚙️ Operations
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Granola scores 4.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.5 work-life balance rating. Writer scores 3.5/5.0 overall with a 2.7 WLB. That’s a 1.3-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. Writer also emphasizes Open Source.
On the hiring front, Granola has 16 open roles and Writer has 49 open roles.