Samsara
Large (~5,200)
Suno
Small (~200)
Best For
Samsara
Best for: Sales and ops professionals who thrive in a high-growth public company selling real IoT hardware+software to physical industries
Suno
Best for: Creative technologists who want to work at the intersection of AI and music at a rocketship hitting $300M ARR
Ratings
SamsaraSuno
4.0
4.2
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.1
4.3
Culture & Values
4.0
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.0
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (Sanjit Biswas)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Mikey Shulman)
Culture Values
Samsara only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Suno only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🧩 Wears Many Hats
Shared
🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
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
Suno
- Building the leading AI music platform with 2M+ paid subscribers and explosive growth
- Creative, mission-driven team working at the intersection of AI and music
- Compensation & benefits rated 3.5/5 — below market for AI startups
- Startup growing pains — processes and structure still catching up to rapid scaling
Bottom Line
Samsara
Strong sales culture and real-world product impact at massive scale, but engineers report significantly worse WLB than the company average suggests.
Suno
Mission-driven team building the leading AI music platform with explosive growth — but startup growing pains and below-market comp for the AI space.
Open Roles
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
Suno — 40 jobs
💻 Engineering
20
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
3
🧠 ML / AI
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎨 Design
1
⚖️ Legal
1
💼 Sales / GTM
1
Summary
Samsara scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Suno scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth, Ship Fast & Iterate. Samsara also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Suno also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Wears Many Hats.
On the hiring front, Samsara has 403 open roles and Suno has 40 open roles.