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      GitLab

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      GitLab reviews

      3.5

      54% would recommend to a friend

      (737 total reviews)

      Bill Staples

      39% approve of CEO

      38% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      GitLab has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 737 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GitLab 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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      737 reviews
      3.0
      Apr 6, 2023

      Transformational pre IPO; Steady decline post public offering

      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Autonomous remote workplace. Asynchronous elements add even more autonomy. Nobody cares about the green light on Slack or how much time you spend working as long as you get the job done. Amazing culture among regular non leadership staffers. Values-driven, although much less now since becoming a public company. Live virtually anywhere you want.

      Cons

      Corporate culture takeover since going public. Significant concerns about decisions from senior leadership. Hiring standards have been reduced. Lots of lip service on virtually any topic outside of revenue generation. Still much better than many older and larger companies. Burnout is real, many folks have had to take time away from work or choose to leave due to the overwhelming amount of work. Having not seen the negative changes over time from going public, your mileage may be better.

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      GitLab Response
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      Thank you for taking the time to share your experience working with us. We appreciate your positive comments about our company's culture, the autonomy provided to employees, and the flexibility of remote work as these are aspects of our workplace that we work to uphold. We're sorry to hear about your concerns regarding our corporate culture and burnout since going public. Please know we value your feedback and aim to continue being a values-driven organization, providing the best support possible to our team members, and will share this feedback with marketing leadership.
      3.0
      Feb 22, 2021

      Mixed, but good learning opportunity

      Support engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Lots of push to learn and grow your skills - Plenty of fun people to work with - Interesting challenges to solve, you're never bored - Good work life balance (on the support team at least) - The unlimited PTO is real, at least on the support team - Lots of people that you can lean on for help when you need it, I've never felt silly and was never talked down to for asking an honest question.

      Cons

      - Your experience working here is highly dependent on your individual manager and team - Upper management seems kind of out of touch with individual contributors - Pay is well below market, raises are meh, benefits are meh - Very little career growth potential - High turnover, hiring too slow to backfill so a lot of teams seem to have more work than available team members can handle - Diversity and Inclusion efforts need to improve at the upper management level

      2.0
      Feb 24, 2026

      Sad remnant of something that used to be great

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Remote work. Smart coworkers. Good base salary.

      Cons

      Total comp declining significantly for multiple reasons, including imploding stock. Clueless management that no longer believes in company values. Sexist managers. Lots of silent layoffs, along with high turnover from top performers who already jumped ship. Some low performers who work very few hours and have very low impact/results but get paid just as well as top performers.

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