Does GitHub pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GitHub employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GitHub. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GitHub?

66% of GitHub employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GitHub 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitHub?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (32) , Sales (10) , Solutions Engineer (9) , Account Executive (8) , Director (7) , Program Manager (7) , Customer Reliability Engineer (6) , Enterprise Business Representative (6) , Marketing (6) , Senior Program Manager (6) , Software Engineer III (6) , Project Manager (5) , Software Engineer Intern (5) , Talent Partner (5)

What are the pros of working at GitHub according to real employee reviews?

"remote work is well supported and benefits are great" ((in 70 reviews)); "It is truly a great company and culture." ((in 63 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 59 reviews)); "Work life balance was great" ((in 28 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 24 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GitHub according to real employee reviews?

"Bad leadership, burnout, no strategy" ((in 23 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 21 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 10 reviews)); "The candidate experience is slow, lack of communication, needs improving" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about GitHub layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about GitHub layoffs and their outlook for job security at GitHub in 2026.

What are the top reviewed GitHub locations?

San Francisco , Seattle , New York , Los Angeles , Chicago , Austin , Denver , Boston , Atlanta , Portland , Remote , Salt Lake City , Virginia Beach , Durham , Apex , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Minneapolis , Bellevue , Athens , Urbana , Norfolk , Fairfax , Albany , Wisconsin Dells , Phoenix , Juneau , Detroit , Whitefish

GitHub reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(463 total reviews)

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 16, 2023

Messy management

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good remote life benefits, education and work from home stipends are quite generous. Remote working is encouraged for most teams which is increasingly rare these days.

Cons

HR is nonexistent and unresponsive, worst HR team I have ever seen in my working career who seem to be rejects from Microsoft. SLT seem inexperienced and coasting and unable to reach the goals set forth by Microsoft. Remote working is great but if you want to meet in person in a location outside SF or Bellevue it might be difficult or impossible, team travel budget has been slashed after a recent layoff.

4.0

Aug 15, 2023

Great company with a solid product, amazing coworkers, but high-stress and unrealistic revenue growth expectation

Inside sales account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company with a solid product, amazing coworkers, they throw money at you for benefits spending, cover many of your bills for you. Management doesn't micromanage and the product line itself is high quality.

Cons

The revenue growth expectations are immense and grow exponentially since Microsoft acquisition. It's a top-down infrastructural problem that one individual rep cannot solve on their own. They keep making changes to the pay/commission structure and quota incentive numbers to justify the ridiculously high expected revenue growth rate.

4.0

Aug 10, 2023

Pretty good

Sr. director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Inclusive culture, cool people, transparency in work

Cons

Crappy, egotistical senior execs (no longer there)

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