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      GitLab

      Engaged Employer

      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 category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Senior management

      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
      5.0
      Sep 18, 2019

      A great place to grow and thrive as a software engineer.

      Backend engineer
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      Pros

      • Fantastic work/life balance • Great opportunity to work on unique and interesting projects • Excellent benefits • Awesome culture • You get to work with people all over the world, making the world feel like a smaller place. • As an engineer, you will receive and learn to give high quality code reviews. • Yearly company-wide gathering in various places around the world. • Fully remote, no commutes.

      Cons

      Working with people in timezones completely outside of yours can slow down conversations and work.

      5.0
      Aug 14, 2019

      An incredible place to work, fully remote, growing, and an exciting product to work on!

      Frontend engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      - Fully remote (the obvious first pro) - The company supports you working in the way you do best. - Your performance is measured in results, not hours at your computer. - Nearly everything about the company is open source, or written and documented, or recorded and on YouTube, or broadcasted on a live stream. It is truly an open company. - Your colleagues are *people*, not resources, and the handbook emphasizes that. - Speaking of the handbook, it's great and publicly available online. - The first week of on-boarding tasks are really well thought out and helps new employees acclimate to the GitLab ways of working. - I've personally noticed very little to no interruptions during the day, and every day has felt very balanced with productivity, company calls, and coffee chats/social calls.

      Cons

      - You might opt in to join a company call outside of your typical domain and be exposed to terminology/acronyms you're unfamiliar with. It's not much of a con as it is a learning opportunity! But it might be difficult at first to understand what is going on if you don't ask what something means or do a bit of research.

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      GitLab Response
      6y
      Thanks for taking the time to leave such a thorough review! You bring up great points about our culture and how we get things done as a remote team. Check out this page for more about all-remote work at GitLab: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/
      5.0
      Jul 24, 2019

      The right way to do remote

      Developer
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      Pros

      I joined GitLab recently and I am very impressed by this organization. Processes are very clear and documented and there is always a desire to improve. People are extremely helpful and kind, it is very welcoming.

      Cons

      Working at GitLab requires personal discipline and responsibility, so I would suggest more mature professionals apply.

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