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
4.0
Jul 21, 2022

Great company

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Pros

- Global leader in remote work flexibility

Cons

-No significant cons other than what you would expect at a global tech company

5.0
Jul 17, 2022

Excellent Company

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Pros

Great culture Great pay and benefits Fully remote

Cons

Little/no accountability by ICs and managers

5.0
Jul 12, 2022

Great place to work!

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Pros

GitHub is the best place I have worked at so far. It is the right size for myself as someone who doesn't want to get lost in a huge enterprise yet (MSFT, Apple, etc.) while not being a too small startup where you know everyone. Those are great, but this is good for where I'm at in my career. > Fully remote > Amazing product with a lot of potential. Copilot is amazing technology for example. > Extremely flexible. No one cares when you're online. Best work life balance I have seen in a job. > Chill manager (I think most are very relaxed based on how GitHub tries to implement a bottom-up approach to teams) > Invested in helping your personal/professional growth > Friendly, smart, hard-working people (There is an DEI interview that tries to screen for this) > Opportunity to move around in roles > Competitive pay > Stock bonuses > Really trying to hold on to the start-up vibe despite 4000+ employees > Unlimited PTO that people actually use > Strong DEI groups (Blacktocats, Octoqueers, Octogatos, etc.) that I think have an impact on company direction/culture

Cons

> My experiences could be based on my organization. > Benefits/Pay for countries outside the U.S. are very good, but lag behind (e.g. Canada). > Starting to be pulled into MSFT so that comes with a little more structure, reorgs, etc. Doesn't usually affect work so far, but worth calling out > The provider used for Canada's pay system is iffy > As workers are interests don't align with shareholders, so there is inevitable friction. E.g. compensation

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