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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
      3.0
      Aug 21, 2019

      Some days were great. Others sucked away your soul.

      Marketing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Benefits are good. -Remote work can be good. -Company is strong. -Microsoft helping GitHub to mature. -Microsoft channel is huge for enterprise sales.

      Cons

      - Clicks. Build the right relationships or your career will be limited. While this is true everywhere I've worked, it was more noticeable in certain pockets. - Poor management in some areas. CMO is desperately needed. - Rotating door in some departments. When everyone is underperforming, maybe it's time to replace the leadership. - Claim to support fail-fast, fail-small mentality, but will punish people for it at reviews. - Their 360 review process is implemented poorly. I've seen several people be hurt by feedback that the subject never received nor could respond to. - Remote work success depends on management. New CEO is in the office and rewards "tap on the shoulder" availability. - They are trying to shift to being decision-oriented, but in practice, decisions are made much higher in the organization than they should.

      2.0
      Oct 15, 2021

      Not great

      Engineering manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Remote - MSFT RSUs doing very well In-demand product

      Cons

      - Almost the entirety of leadership are formerly long-tenured Microsoft employees, and bring with them a fairly toxic work environment - Lots of fire drills and a blame-y culture - The exec team can't decide what kind of company they want or how to lead - Many teams are chronically understaffed - Just sort of has this weird underlying unhappiness covered up by fake positivity

      1.0
      May 25, 2018

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

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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.

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