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 25 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 14 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 13 reviews)); "The team is supportive." ((in 9 reviews)); "Competitive pay & benefits." ((in 7 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 7 reviews)); "Management and HR are great about addressing these and coming up with solutions and opportunities to keep everyone happy and productive." ((in 6 reviews)); "People have had 5 or 6 different managers in less than two years, which is just crazy." ((in 4 reviews)); "no 401k match :( but makes up for it with other benefits" ((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

(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

4.0

Jan 23, 2023

Good place to work

Data engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Compensation - Managers were great - Benefits - Good Culture - Work/Life balance

Cons

- Leadership not very transparent

CircleCI Response

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Hi there, thanks so much for taking the time to write a review and leave some feedback! We value you and everything you've put into working at CircleCI. As an org, we want everyone to feel they are informed and transparency is an initiative we're constantly working to improve and make more available. Our monthly department meetings are a great place to ask questions, as well as our company wide Call Hands meetings where you can address our CEO, Jim Rose, directly.

4.0

Nov 3, 2022

Good engineering culture

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great engineering culture, very transparent engineering culture, good code base to work with,

Cons

Not all parts of the organization are as Great to work with as engineering

5.0

Aug 9, 2022

Fast growing company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast growing. Great company culture

Cons

Not a lot of cons.

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