Does GitLab pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GitLab employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GitLab. This rating has decreased by 9% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GitLab?

52% of GitLab employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GitLab 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitLab?

Account Executive (41) , Support Engineer (29) , Backend Engineer (21) , Software Engineer (18) , Sales (17) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (17) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (15) , Senior Backend Engineer (14) , Manager (13) , Solutions Architect (13) , Strategic Account Leader (12) , Sales Representative (11) , Engineering Manager (9) , Sales Development Representative (9) , Senior Software Engineer (9)

What are the pros of working at GitLab according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great, GitLab makes a point of hiring good humans and it shows" ((in 67 reviews)); "Good benefits and comp packages." ((in 40 reviews)); "The team is great, from day one you're part of the GitLab family." ((in 31 reviews)); "competitive salary compared to other german SDR offers" ((in 24 reviews)); "Great team members" ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GitLab according to real employee reviews?

"Significant concerns about decisions from senior leadership." ((in 24 reviews)); "tech is having a tough time now chaotic with changes non stop and no managers for some teams" ((in 16 reviews)); "The current layoff in progress was communicated poorly and not planned at all." ((in 7 reviews)); "Limited opportunities for career growth and to work on new projects" ((in 7 reviews)); "New leadership doesn't have a clue of what to do." ((in 7 reviews))

What are employees saying about GitLab layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about GitLab layoffs and their outlook for job security at GitLab in 2026.

What are the top reviewed GitLab locations?

San Francisco , New York , Austin , Denver , Washington , Raleigh , Los Angeles , Boston , Atlanta , San Antonio , San Diego , San Jose , Seattle , Minneapolis , Portland , Nashville , Salt Lake City , Chicago , Reston , Saint Louis , Dallas , Sacramento , Southington , New Brunswick , Teaneck , West New York , Huntsville , Lehi , Alexandria , Ashburn

GitLab reviews about "transparency"

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

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Reviews by job title

67 reviews

5.0

May 1, 2019

Awesome Culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong core values Remote culture Extreme transparency Strong senior leadership

Cons

Remote onboarding is time intensive Limited opportunities to meet with team members in person

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.

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

4.0

May 1, 2017

Very transparent, ultimate flexibility, and great company culture

Junior front end engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexibility of working remote - Freedom to work on features that interest you - The transparency is amazing - Diverse and super nice team! - Solid company values - listed in employee handbook (it's published online!) - Amazing community of people behind the product - The company summits are a huge perk!

Cons

- Have to be able to work on tasks in parallel due to people not always being available - Often have below-average salaries

5.0

Jun 14, 2019

Smooth Recruiting and Onboarding Process

Support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Transparency is unmatched - Great benefits package - Remote work only, built into the company and culture - Solid set of core values that is clearly lived by each person in the organization - and much more

Cons

- Haven't found much in the way of cons yet, will update if I run into any!

5.0

Dec 11, 2017

Amazing place to work

Junior build engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Commitment towards transparency - Almost everything is public in the handbook * Attitude towards FOSS * Unlimited Paid Time Off * Awesome work culture

Cons

* Compensation, when compared to peers may be lesser in some places.

5.0

Nov 16, 2016

Fantastic culture, transparency and lives up to their values!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Communication internally is fantastic, as this is a remote first organisation, they have ensured the right channels are available to allow transparency, a direct but kind approach and a lot of collaboration. Brilliant products to work on Knowledge sharing Diversity Leading/ Mentoring Management style Flexible approach I can go on here the whole day...

Cons

If you are a non engineer, you'll need to get Tech savvy and fast :-)

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