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

(170 total reviews)

Jim Rose

66% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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CircleCI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 170 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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170 reviews

2.0

Apr 10, 2023

Amazing team, not so amazing company vision

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing team and proactive direct management

Cons

Upper management seemed wobbly and wishy-washy in terms of the company's vision and future.

CircleCI Response

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Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to write a review and give some feedback! We value you and want to hear what's on your mind. We'd love to hear more of your thoughts on how we can be more transparent on our company vision and future. We've set up an anonymous (or not) Google Form where you can expand on your feedback and let us know what would be helpful for you. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/VY4wghv1FsZTFw3R7

4.0

Mar 30, 2022

Good culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture, fully remote. Collaborative culture

Cons

Salary not competitive enough compared to the industry

5.0

Feb 22, 2022

By far the best culture of any tech company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The culture is fantastic. Knowledge silos are minimal. Collaboration is encouraged. The technical challenges are interesting. Company encourages and helps with professional development.

Cons

Recently switched from Clojure to Go. Base compensation and options package could be a bit better.

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