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      GitHub reviews

      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

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      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
      Jan 26, 2017

      Excellent company culture except for senior leadership in Engineering

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Lots of smart people at the company that are humble, empathetic, and driven to ship great software. Many core developers of Ruby, Rails, and Git work here and engineers here know their stuff really well. Hubbers are vocal and speak up about issues they care about. Company cares about diversity and inclusion and puts tremendous effort into it. Good benefits.

      Cons

      Senior engineering management changes in the last year have resulted in micro-mangement, demoralizing of teams, disrespect for the work of engineers and being tone deaf to the acual problems that engineers raise. Engineering teams can spend more effort appeasing certain leaders and figuring out how to avoid interaction with them than on soliciting customer feedback.

      5.0
      Nov 14, 2016

      Wonderful company working on amazing mission

      Product designer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I have never been happier since joining GitHub as a Product Designer. I have had the opportunity to grow the way I want to, work on interesting problems, and balance my work with my life. I have never felt like a company takes such great care of me until GitHub. I have been able to grow skills in product design as well as engineering workflow here. Product cycle is deeply rooted in the workflows of designers and engineers, the way it should be. Vision is alive and transparent. Easy to have work/life balance due to remote work policy and unlimited vacation. Extra mega perk in 2 conferences per year, expenses covered. Also encourages involvement in social impact and self education, which is huge for me.

      Cons

      Due to large size of organization, may be difficult to gain your footing and learn how to be a GitHubber in the first weeks and months. But have no fear, everyone understands this and is very open to question and I have never lacked support.

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      GitHub Response
      9y
      Thrilled to hear that you are happy with a few of the many benefits we offer here at GitHub. Our Product Design team is great and we hope things only continue to get better for you in this new role! We will certainly use this feedback as we continue to work to make our benefits even better. Thanks!
      3.0
      Oct 27, 2016

      Great company; terrible managers

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      - Great, really smart people - Highly innovative - Remote-friendly culture with flexible workdays - Great health insurance - Unlimited vacation (you're highly encouraged to take at least 25 days off)

      Cons

      - Ineffective, inexperienced managers - Little opportunity for growth - Deteriorating quality in new hires - Inconsistent expectations for employees - High level of favoritism, especially in Sales

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      GitHub Response
      9y
      We genuinely value your feedback. We're continuing to launch management training initiatives across GitHub, and have seen a positive impact on our employees' experiences. You mentioned that employee expectations are inconsistent and we are disappointed to hear that. We want the expectations for employees to be both consistent and clear and would love to chat with you further about where you feel we fall short of this. As a current Hubber, we would love the opportunity to engage with you to improve your experiences. Please reach out to your HR partner or contact us via email at @HR.
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