GitLab reviews

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.

Culture is getting worse and worse, unfortunately, and has been for the past 1,5 years. I used to be certain I want to work at GitLab, and would turn down offers that were twice what GitLab is paying me. Unfortunately, the culture is getting more and more corporate, the values are no longer respected (nor it feels like they are present) like they were a couple of years ago. The leadership pushes for more meetings, and the autonomy of team members is decreasing. Unfortunately, it feels like Transparency as the value disappeared. On one hand, GitLab praises itself for DIB initiatives, on the other hand - lays female managers and ICs off. Employment solutions are also poor - GitLab is proud of its all-remote culture but has lots of limitations in terms of where it can hire. Employees who are contracted via a PEO solution barely have any benefits, and invoicing extra expenses can be problematic as well. Considering the recent shift in the culture, I am currently open to other offers that come my way.