Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Samsara
Large (~5,200)
Best For
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Ratings
LabelboxSamsara
3.8
4.0
Overall
3.6
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.1
Culture & Values
3.6
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.8
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
Culture Values
Labelbox only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
Samsara only
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
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
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
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
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
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
Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.6 work-life balance rating. Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity. Labelbox also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Diverse & Inclusive. Samsara also emphasizes Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Labelbox has 9 open roles and Samsara has 383 open roles.