incident.io
Small (~140)
Snowflake
Large (~7,000)
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
Snowflake
Best for: Professionals interested in Snowflake
Ratings
incident.ioSnowflake
4.5
3.7
Overall
4.1
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.6
3.8
Culture & Values
4.5
3.7
Comp & Benefits
4.3
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.3
3.5
Career Opps
👍 90% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Stephen Whitworth)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
incident.io only
🪟 Transparent🛡️ Safe to Fail🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Snowflake only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth⚙️ Engineering-Driven
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
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
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.
Snowflake
Snowflake — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
incident.io — 25 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
17
💻 Engineering
6
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
incident.io scores 4.5/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Snowflake scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Learning & Growth, Engineering-Driven. incident.io also emphasizes Transparent, Safe to Fail, Flat Hierarchy. Snowflake also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, incident.io has 25 open roles and Snowflake has 419 open roles.