Question 1

Does CircleCI pay their employees well?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How satisfied are employees working at CircleCI?

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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.

Question 3

What are the top reviewed jobs at CircleCI?

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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)

Question 4

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

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"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))

Question 5

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

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"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))

Question 6

What are employees saying about CircleCI layoffs in 2026?

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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.

Question 7

What are the top reviewed CircleCI locations?

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

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