Does CircleCI pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CircleCI employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CircleCI. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CircleCI?

60% of CircleCI employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CircleCI 4.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CircleCI?

Senior Software Engineer (14) , Software Engineer (13) , Account Executive (8) , Engineer (4) , Marketing (4) , Sales (4) , Staff Software Engineer (4) , Customer Success Manager (3) , Engineering Manager (3) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (3) , Support Engineer (3) , Anonymous (2) , Business Intelligence Analyst (2) , Customer Success (2) , Customer Success Associate (2)

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

"Great people and no politics" ((in 25 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 17 reviews)); "Competitive pay & benefits." ((in 10 reviews)); "Amazing Benefits" ((in 9 reviews)); "Competitive Management" ((in 7 reviews))

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

"3 rounds of layoffs" ((in 14 reviews)); "Dysfunctional leadership, no macro level product direction, hyper competitive space with no real organization strategy (beyond setting aggressive revenue targets), teams are hamstrung by CYA bureaucratic red tape and politics, technical debt never is allowed to be addressed, business model is entirely contingent on COGS." ((in 8 reviews)); "no 401k match :( but makes up for it with other benefits" ((in 6 reviews)); "People have had 5 or 6 different managers in less than two years, which is just crazy." ((in 4 reviews)); "Upper management seemed wobbly and wishy" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about CircleCI layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed CircleCI locations?

San Francisco , Denver , Boston , Chicago , Portland , New York , Washington , Austin , Los Angeles , Santa Clara , Seattle , Jacksonville , Miami

CircleCI reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Jim Rose

66% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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CircleCI has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 171 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CircleCI 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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171 reviews

1.0

Feb 19, 2024

Avoid this company

Business intelligence analyst

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-good pay (until you’re laid off) -free benefits

Cons

-management is a mess -not sure about ipo prospects anymore I was poached from a good job to come to CCI and then let go 4 months later. the entire division was laid off so I don’t think upper management has a solid strategy that is working

1.0

Feb 17, 2024

what a shame

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

used to be a very good company to work for. management here really seemed different than most technology companies

Cons

nothing but platitudes and layoffs. executive team is just going through the motions

4.0

Feb 14, 2024

CircleCI was Amazing

Anonymous

Recommend

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Pros

The culture and people at Circle were amazing. Absolutely one of the best teams I have had the pleasure to work with. Worked with and learned so much from many brilliant engineers.

Cons

Circle has been a leader in the CI/CD space for a long time. However they are still not profitable and are facing increasing competition from much bigger players that have entered the game. There have been some major accounts lost recently, and significant reductions in force.

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