Lambda
Mid (~500)
Samsara
Large (~5,200)
Best For
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Ratings
LambdaSamsara
3.6
4.0
Overall
3.7
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.7
4.1
Culture & Values
3.6
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.4
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.4
3.8
Career Opps
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
Culture Values
Lambda only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven
Samsara only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
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
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
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
Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity, Direct Product Impact. Lambda also emphasizes Engineering-Driven. Samsara also emphasizes Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Lambda has 32 open roles and Samsara has 383 open roles.