Skip to contentSkip to footer
      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      GitLab

      Engaged Employer

      GitLab reviews

      3.4

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (299 total reviews)

      Bill Staples

      38% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Culture & values

      2.7

      Senior management

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Reviews by job title

      299 reviews

      Reviews about "Culture"

      Return to all reviews
      5.0
      May 23, 2019

      Radically open, joyfully honest, and leading the way in remote work.

      Senior frontend engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you have a passion for DevOps this is the place to be. GitLab offers the opportunity to contribute to every aspect of the DevOps loop and uses its own software to improve the performance and productivity of its own developers and developers everywhere. Are you a skilled developer who prefers using and contributing to open source solutions? Do you value transparency, rapid iteration, and your own autonomy? If so, then you would fit right in at GitLab.

      Cons

      As part of a rapidly growing organization with remote employees working together from all around the world, you will need to be naturally self-driven in order to succeed. GitLabbers are wonderful and talented people and the onboarding process is long and well-conceived. But, as a manager-of-one, you will need to embrace disciplined personal organization and balance work and personal life appropriately to ensure your own health and happiness.

      avatar
      GitLab Response
      7y
      Thanks so much for leaving such a thorough review! It's important to consider all the pros and cons of fully remote work, so it's great that you brought that up. We've submitted a merge request to add one of the cons you mentioned to the "all-remote" page on the GitLab site: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/23664
      5.0
      May 22, 2019

      Great Company with Results-Driven Mentality

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Colleagues and leadership are helpful from the start. Onboarding is very specific, therefore less likely to get stuck. Remote working = flexibility to do more of what is important to you. Employees are eager to get to know you.

      Cons

      Remote working can be an adjustment - meaning it's easy to work through lunch and easier to caught up in a task.

      avatar
      GitLab Response
      7y
      Thank you for leaving a review! It can definitely be an adjustment transitioning to all-remote work. We're documenting the pros, cons, tips, and resources for remote work on the "All-remote" page. Please consider submitting a merge request if you see something that could be added or changed: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/
      5.0
      May 21, 2019

      Recently hired at GitLab

      Support engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people are amazing - everyone has been so nice and helpful with answering questions (work related or not) Very flexible - they worked with me through a hard time of traveling to see a sick relative even during the interview/hiring process. This continues afterwards as well with allowing me to schedule time off very easily.

      Cons

      Working remote - its a bit of an adjustment, even though I love it, but there is no office so when filling out new hire docs and getting work equipment it does take a bit to figure out.

      avatar
      GitLab Response
      7y
      Welcome to the team! Thank you for leaving a review, and especially for sharing your story about needing to take time to visit a sick relative. That flexibility is definitely one of the reasons GitLab is so unique, and we're glad to hear you've continued to experience that on the other end of the hiring process as well.
      Viewing 274 - 276 of 299 Reviews
      Related searches: GitLab jobs | GitLab salaries | GitLab benefits | GitLab interviews | GitLab conversations
      ReviewsGitLab reviews

      Glassdoor has 813 GitLab reviews submitted anonymously by GitLab employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if GitLab is right for you.