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      3.6

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (463 total reviews)
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      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).

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      463 reviews
      1.0
      May 25, 2018

      Used to be great but going downhill, constant leadership changes without CEO

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Remote work environment offers flexibility. Office perks and HQ is top notch. Github product is still the de facto standard for developers and this helps when looking for your next job

      Cons

      It's hard to run the company effectively without a CEO and with leadership team that is constantly changing. Politics is rewarded over doing great work and everyone is only looking out for themselves as a result. Some of the best people I've worked with have left the company because of the toxic culture.

      2.0
      May 15, 2018

      Rapidly Deteriorating

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Good benefits -Unlimited PTO -Max out HSA - work life balance

      Cons

      Ever since the CEO stepped down, the company feels to me like its heading south. Many of the teams are floating on their own without managers/directors or any form of leadership. They put in product managers who have ZERO vision to be in charge of managing important features of Github. From being fairly transparent, they have started a "hush-hush" culture where you don't know where and how decisions are being made. This is not at all a good time to join GitHub. They hire and they fire very quickly if you don't fit into their culture of all-talk and get no real work done. Politics is heavily rewarded. Honesty and speaking your mind is frowned upon.

      5.0
      Mar 23, 2018

      Unrivaled Opportunity for Impact Paired with Amazing Flexibility

      Analytics
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - You can quickly get into a position to impact how coders collaborate around the world - GitHub's culture is very understanding that different people work best in different situations, and oftentimes have family obligations - A rapidly growing company where there is still the opportunity to move up (unlike at Google / Facebook)

      Cons

      - Having an ongoing CEO search always give a cloud of ambiguity, but it seems like there is some good movement on that front - Whenever an organization undergoes culture change, there are bound to be people who prefer the old culture

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