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      3.6

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (463 total reviews)
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      Thomas Dohmke

      50% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

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      GitHub has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 463 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GitHub 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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      463 reviews
      1.0
      Jun 15, 2024

      Toxic Work Environment with Zero Support

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Remote work option Access to some talented colleagues High visibility projects

      Cons

      Management is unsympathetic and discriminatory No work-life balance No career growth or opportunities Rampant office politics Incompetent HR that ignores serious issues High turnover due to poor leadership

      3.0
      Jul 27, 2023

      A failing state

      Senior staff software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Good brand recognition Fully remote You can coast if you want

      Cons

      Historically GitHub is terribly managed, it’s only gotten worse since the Microsoft acquisition

      5.0
      Jul 12, 2022

      Great place to work!

      Solutions engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      GitHub is the best place I have worked at so far. It is the right size for myself as someone who doesn't want to get lost in a huge enterprise yet (MSFT, Apple, etc.) while not being a too small startup where you know everyone. Those are great, but this is good for where I'm at in my career. > Fully remote > Amazing product with a lot of potential. Copilot is amazing technology for example. > Extremely flexible. No one cares when you're online. Best work life balance I have seen in a job. > Chill manager (I think most are very relaxed based on how GitHub tries to implement a bottom-up approach to teams) > Invested in helping your personal/professional growth > Friendly, smart, hard-working people (There is an DEI interview that tries to screen for this) > Opportunity to move around in roles > Competitive pay > Stock bonuses > Really trying to hold on to the start-up vibe despite 4000+ employees > Unlimited PTO that people actually use > Strong DEI groups (Blacktocats, Octoqueers, Octogatos, etc.) that I think have an impact on company direction/culture

      Cons

      > My experiences could be based on my organization. > Benefits/Pay for countries outside the U.S. are very good, but lag behind (e.g. Canada). > Starting to be pulled into MSFT so that comes with a little more structure, reorgs, etc. Doesn't usually affect work so far, but worth calling out > The provider used for Canada's pay system is iffy > As workers are interests don't align with shareholders, so there is inevitable friction. E.g. compensation

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