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

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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).

Reviews by job title

171 reviews

5.0

Aug 9, 2022

Fast growing company

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast growing. Great company culture

Cons

Not a lot of cons.

4.0

Jul 14, 2022

Review

Senior devops engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Really smart people. Great culture.

Cons

Underpaid. Leadership keeps adding new features to product without fixing previous ones.

4.0

Jun 17, 2022

Protect your values!

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to make an impact and drive change Cross-continental collaboration Realistic career growth supported by professional development plans

Cons

Lower than average renumeration New managers hiring "hungry" recruits who don't carry the values of circleci and bring a toxic dynamic to teams

CircleCI Response

Hi! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave your review and feedback. Our 6 core values are so important to us here at CircleCi. Within the talent team here at CircleCi, we focus on finding the best hires in the market that will continue to live those values as well. If you feel comfortable doing so, please feel free to reach out to me to discuss your suggestions further. andie@circleci.com Thanks again for your feedback! Andie Borcz Head of Talent andie@circleci.com

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