GitLab reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(742 total reviews)

Bill Staples

37% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

GitLab has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 742 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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742 reviews
5.0
Mar 14, 2017

GitLab is everything you want in an employer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

+Incredible growth trajectory +Employee stock options (which gives everyone further incentive and ownership in the organization) +Great benefits (medical and dental in US) plus remote only, flexible hours, and unlimited PTO +Learning culture It's totally ok (and encouraged) to make mistakes as long as you are learning and growing from them +Incredible product with real market differentiation and clear value proposition +Committed employees, managers, and community dedicated to making GL great +Visible and accessible executive team +Fewer meetings, more productivity +Everyone contributes and is hands on with the product

Cons

-Growth is very fast, and the culture is changing as a result. Not a con, but just something to consider. Scaling such a niche awesome culture is hard to do. I think GL is doing a good job so far but I anticipate hurdles. -Learning curve and onboarding ramp up can be steep -Only meeting team members once per year -Some kinds of work are valued higher than others

5.0
Jul 18, 2016

Currently at GitLab - I love it.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Brilliant team - Fast-moving product - Friendly people - Great community - Everyone is remote - Very, very transparent.

Cons

- With any fast growing company, sometimes it can be stressful at such a high pace.

1.0
Nov 22, 2021

All-remote bullying

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None, I found it to be some sort of utopia.

Cons

The company is growing at a fast pace and hires a lot of new talent who not necessarily follow or even behave anywhere close to the values listed in the company handbook. I've never seen worse disorganisation and unprepared managers than at GitLab but I believe there are some better structured and reasonable teams within the organisation than the one I had the misfortune to be a part of. The all-remote concept seemed to be backfiring in my department and instead of collaboration I had experienced hostility, ignorance and even virtual bullying so that someone else could get on with their agenda or get away with their lack of preparedness. It's all easily applied as there are people there who clearly think they can afford these behaviours as they won't have to ever see you face to face. I've decided to quit because this was the worst experience in my career and just not worth my time. On a side note, the people experience team forgot to have an exit interview with me hence here's my feedback especially since my manager was not interested to hear it either.

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Thank you for sharing this feedback. Please know that this isn't the type of experience we want anyone to have as part of the GitLab team and that we take feedback like this seriously. Your review is being shared with leaders that play a role in making GitLab a place where everyone can contribute.
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