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      GitLab

      Engaged Employer

      GitLab reviews

      3.4

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (740 total reviews)

      Bill Staples

      38% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      GitLab has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 740 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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      740 reviews
      3.0
      Sep 23, 2022

      Lack of leadership, vision and strategy. Driven by sales and product politics.

      Staff engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - You can easily float if that is what you want - Define your own focus areas - Work and learn things that are of your personal interest (within some boundaries)

      Cons

      - No growth opportunities, there is simply no concept for career progression - Lack of vision across leadership - Lack of a technical long-term strategy and consensus driven development - Driven by sales and product (and therefore politics)

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      GitLab Response
      3y
      Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. It may be beneficial to speak with your manager and functional leaders about where you are seeing gaps in strategy using https://about.gitlab.com/company/strategy/ to guide the conversation. Please know that we will also share this concern with People Group and Engineering leadership.
      5.0
      Feb 19, 2019

      Great Remote Company to work for

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Fully remote and distributed (if you love remote working this company is for you) - Capacity to learn and grow - Super Colleagues (literally everyone I've worked with has been friendly, helpful and warm) - The product will become bigger; if you want to be part of something that will change the way the world works, it’s a great time to join. - Great equipment was given to work on.

      Cons

      - So many meetings (You are not required to attend all of them as they are recorded. But you still feel like your missing out if you need miss any) - PeopleOps need more help - A-sync work is not for everyone - Everyone is busy so getting reviews/feedback can be at times frustrating

      1.0
      Feb 17, 2026

      Not the same

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Remote Compensation Benefits Flexibility with work hours

      Cons

      Leadership especially in HR and Legal Unattainable work expectations leading to no work life balance

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