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3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(299 total reviews)

Bill Staples

38% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

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5.0
Mar 18, 2021

Great company but needs to innovate internally

Anonymous employee
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Pros

GitLab is an absolutely amazing company to work for! I love the flexibility the all-remote organization has. Everyone is super passionate about what they do. Leadership is very approachable and it's an exciting place to be. There are a lot of cool initiatives taking place to push the organization further. I'm so fortunate to work for a company like GitLab and the sky is the limit.

Cons

Only two cons that are top of mind since I've been here: 1. Tone it down on the wokeness a bit. I'm all for Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging but at times I feel like I can only go so far here since I'm a "white male." I've heard this term more at GitLab than any other job and it's exhausting. It makes me fearful for advancing because of my "identity" and not on "merit." 2. There needs to be some changing internally to how we operate. There's major communication overload and at times it feels to internally focused. What worked when the company was 500 people, doesn't work anymore now that we are 1300. I'd encourage leadership to be open to new ways of working and experiment more. There is a lot of fear of losing the all-remote culture, but GitLab can continue to be an innovator in this space if they try out new things.

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Thank you for your review and advice. As we continue to grow, it will be a focus of the People team and the Executive team to ensure we are evolving our operating style as needed.
3.0
Feb 11, 2021

Prevarication

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Pros

outstanding vision, product and CEO

Cons

Micro Management, culture of punishment

5.0
Feb 8, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing culture (Exactly what they say in the handbook); The values in the handbook are lived inside the company;

Cons

Did not find anything bad

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