Does CircleCI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CircleCI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CircleCI. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CircleCI?

60% of CircleCI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CircleCI 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CircleCI?

Senior Software Engineer (14) , Software Engineer (13) , Account Executive (8) , Engineer (4) , Marketing (4) , Sales (4) , Staff Software Engineer (4) , Customer Success Manager (3) , Engineering Manager (3) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (3) , Support Engineer (3) , Anonymous (2) , Business Intelligence Analyst (2) , Customer Success (2) , Customer Success Associate (2)

What are the pros of working at CircleCI according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and no politics" ((in 26 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 16 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 10 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 8 reviews)); "Competitive Management" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CircleCI according to real employee reviews?

"3 rounds of layoffs" ((in 13 reviews)); "Dysfunctional leadership, no macro level product direction, hyper competitive space with no real organization strategy (beyond setting aggressive revenue targets), teams are hamstrung by CYA bureaucratic red tape and politics, technical debt never is allowed to be addressed, business model is entirely contingent on COGS." ((in 8 reviews)); "People have had 5 or 6 different managers in less than two years, which is just crazy." ((in 5 reviews)); "no 401k match :( but makes up for it with other benefits" ((in 4 reviews)); "Upper management seemed wobbly and wishy" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about CircleCI layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CircleCI layoffs and their outlook for job security at CircleCI in 2026.

What are the top reviewed CircleCI locations?

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CircleCI reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Jim Rose

66% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

CircleCI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CircleCI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

171 reviews

2.0

Jun 20, 2022

Mental Health is talked about but not actually dealt with

Senior designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I had a good team to work with (most have left now)

Cons

This is NOT a design oriented company, if you are in any design/product position, your day-to-day will be grueling and expect low to no career growth with this mentally. Extremely disorganized when it comes to cross-department collaboration especially with the Marketing Team. It was extremely difficult to communicate and streamline projects. A lot of the decisions were made from "gut" feeling and ignored real user research (with current/past users of CCI). Heard there is a lot of customer churn (not just employee).

CircleCI Response

3y

Hi there, and thank you so much for taking the time to leave your feedback. I am so sorry this was your experience while you were here at CircleCi. While I can't speak to your specific situations that you encountered, communication continues to be something that our managers work on, as it's so important for our leaders to be transparent in decision making. I will be bringing this specific feedback about mental health support to our leadership team, but if you have anything else to add I encourage you reach out to me directly. andie@circleci.com Thanks again for your feedback! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

4.0

Jun 17, 2022

Protect your values!

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to make an impact and drive change Cross-continental collaboration Realistic career growth supported by professional development plans

Cons

Lower than average renumeration New managers hiring "hungry" recruits who don't carry the values of circleci and bring a toxic dynamic to teams

CircleCI Response

3y

Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your review and feedback. Our 6 core values are so important to us here at CircleCi. Within the talent team here at CircleCi, we focus on finding the best hires in the market that will continue to live those values as well. If you feel comfortable doing so, please feel free to reach out to me to discuss your suggestions further. andie@circleci.com Thanks again for your feedback! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

5.0

Jun 7, 2022

best opportunity

Customer success associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work life Balance No micromanagement Great culture and inclusion

Cons

None so far. Everything is great

CircleCI Response

3y

Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review! We are so happy you are here at CircleCi, and want to make sure you continue to enjoy working here. Please feel to reach out to me directly, or your people partner, if you come across anything that we can improve! Thanks again! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

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