Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Wayve
Mid (~850)
Best For
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Wayve
Best for: ML and robotics engineers excited by embodied AI who want to work at the frontier of autonomous driving with a high-caliber research team in London
Ratings
LabelboxWayve
3.8
4.4
Overall
3.6
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.5
Culture & Values
3.6
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.2
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (Amar Shah)
Culture Values
Labelbox only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Wayve only
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
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
Wayve
- Great culture — smart, friendly people with a supportive and inclusive familial bond
- Immense creative freedom and autonomy; founders are humble and open to being challenged
- Career progression framework is unclear — salaries and promotions feel arbitrary
- Very ambitious demands create vulnerability to burnout; processes built on the fly
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.
Wayve
One of Europe's top deep-tech companies with excellent Glassdoor ratings (4.4) and a cutting-edge AV research environment — but expect an intense pace and most roles are London-based.
Open Roles
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Wayve — 80 jobs
💻 Engineering
48
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
4
📋 Product
3
📊 Data
2
⚖️ Legal
2
👤 HR / People
1
📣 Marketing
1
Summary
Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.6 work-life balance rating. Wayve scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.6-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Diverse & Inclusive. Labelbox also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Wayve also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact.
On the hiring front, Labelbox has 9 open roles and Wayve has 80 open roles.