CircleCI reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(170 total reviews)
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Jim Rose

66% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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
5.0
Aug 12, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Culture Unmatched Pay is appropriate with work Work/Life Balance Management is supportive

Cons

Training is a bit chaotic Not a ton of processes for new hires, more of a throw the kid in pool and they'll learn how to swim.

1.0
Aug 10, 2024

Straight to the wall

Recommend
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Pros

- The work-life balance is great. You can not work at all for a few months, and nobody will ask questions.

Cons

- The execs are completely disconnected from reality and have no idea what they are doing. - They do a reorg every 6 months (often comes with a layoff) - You never see execs and VPs posting on slacks, ever. They have their private channels and only talk in there. - They keep ignoring issues that people are reporting to them until years later when one of the C-Suite or Director realizes that yeah it's an issue, and all the sudden it's a high-priority task, and the C-Suite or Director gets credit for "finding this critical issue", while commenting that "engineers need to do better at preventing this type of problem". - I worked there for many years, and not once I've met with the CEO, CTO, or even the VP of engineering. I worked at bigger companies where I had met with the CTO and the VP multiple times, especially as a Staff Eng. - The benefits get worse and worse every year. The cost of core benefits (like healthcare) gets higher, and the other benefits get removed. - There is no way to get promoted without doing some strong politics. Working hard brings you nowhere. I've seen terrible engineers dodging work all day getting promoted 4 times in a few years, and people carrying teams on their back not getting any promotions. - The pay is low if you live in a HCOL area, it's high if you live in an LCOL area. I've seen people living in the middle of nowhere refusing jobs at much bigger companies because they would get paid less, while people living in NYC/SF/LA are getting paid 20 to 50% below market rate. - There is little to no raise. Best case scenario you can expect 2 or 3% raise every few years.

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CircleCI Response
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Thank you for your feedback on your experience at CircleCI. We prioritize a positive employee experience, striving to ensure all team members feel valued and supported. We appreciate your acknowledgment of our great work-life balance and are actively working to enhance transparency, accessibility, and executive communication. Our commitment to a fair promotion process, competitive compensation aligned with market data, and fostering an inclusive culture remains true to our values. Your feedback is invaluable for us to strengthen our company culture. For further discussion or to share additional feedback, please reach out to our HR team at peoplepartners@circleci.com.
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