incident.io
Small (~140)
Samsara
Large (~5,200)
Best For
incident.io
Best for: Engineers and salespeople who value a strong culture with 13 extra holidays per year and approachable, ego-free founders
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Ratings
incident.ioSamsara
4.5
4.0
Overall
4.1
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.6
4.1
Culture & Values
4.5
4.0
Comp & Benefits
4.3
3.8
Senior Mgmt
4.3
3.8
Career Opps
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
Culture Values
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail⚙️ Engineering-Driven🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Samsara only
🎯 Direct Product Impact💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth
Pros & Cons
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
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
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.
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
incident.io — 27 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
20
💻 Engineering
6
Samsara — 403 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
190
💻 Engineering
54
📋 Product
38
🧠 ML / AI
12
📣 Marketing
10
📊 Data
8
🎧 Support
7
⚙️ Operations
5
👤 HR / People
3
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
Summary
incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Engineering-Driven, Flat Hierarchy. Samsara also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, incident.io has 27 open roles and Samsara has 403 open roles.