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 26 reviews)); "Work life balance is great" ((in 16 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 13 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 8 reviews)); "Competitive Management" ((in 8 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)); "People have had 5 or 6 different managers in less than two years, which is just crazy." ((in 5 reviews)); "no 401k match :( but makes up for it with other benefits" ((in 5 reviews)); "Upper management seemed wobbly and wishy" ((in 4 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

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CircleCI reviews

3.7

60% would recommend to a friend

(171 total reviews)

Jim Rose

66% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

171 reviews

5.0

Aug 11, 2020

Sales Development Representative

Sales development representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great startup environment, remote friendly company

Cons

None I can think of

3.0

Jun 30, 2020

Another one bites the bureaucratic dust...

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I worked there for over a year. Shows great promise, passionate people, working hard to stay relevant in the CI/CD space. Made some great connections and felt like my voice mattered (sometimes).

Cons

Its hard for team members to succeed when managers have inflated egos, run their teams like dictators and are unable to address their own biases. If you push against the status quo you're seen as "unprofessional" bc they don't want to ruffle the feathers of corporate norms. Ive seen people do great work that really helped CircleCI become more inclusive and then were fired a week later. It's really disheartening as someone from a marginalized group to see folks from diverse backgrounds being pushed out after doing the emotional and hard labor for the company.

5.0

Apr 22, 2020

Best employer I have ever worked for!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Valued employees. Great culture. Amazing team.

Cons

None that come to mind.

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