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

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
Oct 29, 2025

Run 🏃‍♂️ like Sha'carri

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, this place is a dumpster fire circa 2020. f you value your career, your mental health, and your legal rights, look elsewhere. This is not a place for good faith effort. This is a company that will exploit you and then retaliate if you dare to speak up.

Cons

Do not make the mistake of working here. My brief tenure was a masterclass in corporate malfeasance. I was hired in March 2024. Within an impossibly short timeframe, I was subjected to a campaign of terror by my direct manager, which was then fully enabled and supported by HR. When I attempted to assert my legal rights, including those protected under statutes like the FMLA, the response was not accommodation—it was blatant retaliation. The environment is one of profound fear, especially for any employee who needs to rely on company policy or, worse, the law. HR is not a safe haven; they are an extension of the aggression, designed to isolate and eliminate anyone who becomes a "problem." My experience involved what I believe to be serious misconduct, up to and including issues that I felt obligated to report. The complete breakdown of ethics and the disregard for federal protections make this company a ticking time bomb for any professional with integrity. The most toxic environment I have ever experienced, no exaggeration whatsoever- a Director in my department publicly said he wanted to use an employee’s seizures as a way to keep them in line. 😳

3.0
Sep 4, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of great people still work here. There are lots of interesting problems. Benefits are great.

Cons

AI has consumed the whole company and it's only going to get worse. If it's not AI related it's underfunded. Beyond AI being injected into the product everywhere, it's also being pressured into internal tooling and developer workflows some of which are dubious use cases at best.

2.0
Jun 5, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Well known brand and product in the software developer community - Total compensation of pay, incentives, and benefits are amazing

Cons

- Layoffs and mass firings twice per year. Some of the mass firings were disguised in a way that lacks integrity. - New product strategy is all in on AI, leaving the core products and customers with skeleton crews - Continuous push to hire lower and lower pay grades for the same job - Forced product direction from Microsoft

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