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 13 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 14 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 5 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?

San Francisco , Denver , Boston , Chicago , Portland , New York , Washington , Austin , Los Angeles , Santa Clara , Seattle , Jacksonville , Miami

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

4.0

Jun 5, 2022

Ok

Sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company people and product

Cons

Unsure of the leadership on the people side

CircleCI Response

3y

Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your feedback and review. As our company grows, it is our intention to provide all of our leaders with opportunities for training. We currently offer Learnably subscriptions to our employees, amongst other tools as well, which provide endless resources to help our employees grow themselves and their careers. If you feel comfortable, please reach out to me directly to discuss your specific experience with the leadership team. andie@circleci.com Thank you again! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

5.0

Jun 3, 2022

Great company

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work-life balance, good support for sales team, great benefits, remote, good company culture, Silicon Valley work experience from Tokyo

Cons

APAC region is slower than North America or EMEA in terms of opportunities

CircleCI Response

3y

Hi, and thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review! We are so glad you are here (and happy) at CircleCi! We want you to continue to love working here, so please don't hesitate to reach out to your people partner or myself directly if you have any suggestions about life at CircleCi. Our people partners, as well as your manager, would love to sit down and chart out your career growth and opportunities here at the company. Please let me know if I can assist in these discussions! Thanks again! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

5.0

Apr 20, 2022

Great Place To Work

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Been there for little over a year now and still feel like it is a people first company. Its fully remote with a high degree of trust between management and employees. Management seems to be ambitious to take the company to be successful.

Cons

Theres a lot of change and tech debt to work through.

CircleCI Response

3y

Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to write the review and provide some feedback! It is so great to hear that you are happy here at CircleCi, and I want to make sure you continue to be! I would love to discuss with you any suggestions you may have within your technical team, and help to communicate them up to your management team. If you feel comfortable, please reach out directly and we can come up with a plan! andie@circleci.com Thanks again! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

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