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?

66% 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, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitHub?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (32) , 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) , Talent Partner (5)

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

"remote work is well supported and benefits are great" ((in 73 reviews)); "It is truly a great company and culture." ((in 59 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 58 reviews)); "Work life balance was great" ((in 30 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 24 reviews))

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

"Poor management." ((in 23 reviews)); "Bad leadership, burnout, no strategy" ((in 23 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 11 reviews)); "Constant layoffs with below industry standard payouts" ((in 10 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 , Portland , Remote , Salt Lake City , Virginia Beach , Durham , Apex , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Minneapolis , Bellevue , Athens , Urbana , Norfolk , Fairfax , Albany , Wisconsin Dells , Phoenix , Juneau , Detroit , Whitefish

GitHub reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(463 total reviews)

Thomas Dohmke

50% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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GitHub has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 463 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).

Reviews by job title

463 reviews

4.0

Aug 6, 2021

Slowly becoming Microsoft

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay and benefits, remote-first work culture, huge community and brand loyalty to leverage, still retains an openness to try new things, truly a standard-bearer technology in software development.

Cons

Slowly becoming Microsoft in its increasing bureaucracy and fading autonomy, which can make it hard to navigate and find stability.

5.0

Aug 4, 2021

Great company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company to work for. I really liked the team as they are always friendly and ready to help. Great tech stack.

Cons

Nothing at all. That are almost a perfect company. This is a very hard question to answer. But I suppose every person will have third own opinion.

4.0

Jul 23, 2021

1/1

Enterprise business representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance was amazing and the culture was 1/1

Cons

Not much transparency from executive leadership.

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