Does GitHub pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GitHub employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GitHub. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GitHub?

67% of GitHub employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GitHub 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitHub?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , Sales (10) , Solutions Engineer (9) , Account Executive (8) , Director (7) , Program Manager (7) , Customer Reliability Engineer (6) , Enterprise Business Representative (6) , Marketing (6) , Senior Program Manager (6) , Software Engineer III (6) , Project Manager (5) , Software Engineer Intern (5) , Support Engineer (5)

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

"remote work is well supported and benefits are great" ((in 65 reviews)); "The culture and work was great." ((in 63 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 59 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 26 reviews)); "Good pay and possibility to overachieve" ((in 20 reviews))

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

"Bad leadership, burnout, no strategy" ((in 25 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 22 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about GitHub layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed GitHub locations?

San Francisco , Seattle , New York , Los Angeles , Chicago , Austin , Denver , Boston , Atlanta , Minneapolis , Portland , Remote , Salt Lake City , Virginia Beach , Durham , Apex , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Bellevue , Athens , Urbana , Norfolk , Fairfax , Albany , Wisconsin Dells , Phoenix , Juneau , Detroit , Whitefish

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3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(467 total reviews)

Thomas Dohmke

48% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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GitHub has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 467 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GitHub 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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467 reviews

2.0

Mar 4, 2023

Falling far short of its potential

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mission and many people are great.

Cons

Most of senior leadership operates in a vacuum, springing decisions they don't justify on the rest of us and creating an environment of deeply lacking psychological safety.

3.0

Oct 31, 2019

Lots of favoritism

Support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

For pros I would say you can work remotely

Cons

GitHub is overrated, no career opportunities, lots of favoritism

3.0

Feb 11, 2022

Company Cultural falling apart

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home , unlimited PTO, education grand

Cons

a lot of work place retaliation are going on at the moment

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