GitHub reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(467 total reviews)
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Thomas Dohmke

48% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Feb 3, 2026

Team was A+

Recommend
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Pros

Team was the main pro, everyone including my direct manager was amazing

Cons

Irish employees transitioned from GitHub employees to MSFT employees, and we lost a lot of the fun, and no one knew "who owned us" depending on the situation.

3.0
Jan 26, 2026

Changing to msft

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great product and talented people

Cons

Turning into copilot company and churning upper management

1.0
Oct 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Salary and benefits are good - Remote

Cons

- Upper management reports directly into microsoft in the absence of a CEO - leads to a lot of thrash, long hours, and often burnout in team members

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