Does GitHub pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GitHub employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GitHub. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GitHub?

66% of GitHub employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GitHub 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitHub?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (32) , Sales (10) , Solutions Engineer (9) , Account Executive (8) , Director (7) , Program Manager (7) , Customer Reliability Engineer (6) , Enterprise Business Representative (6) , Marketing (6) , Senior Program Manager (6) , Software Engineer III (6) , Project Manager (5) , Software Engineer Intern (5) , Talent Partner (5)

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

"remote work is well supported and benefits are great" ((in 65 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 60 reviews)); "It is truly a great company and culture." ((in 60 reviews)); "Work life balance was great" ((in 29 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 26 reviews))

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

"High turnover due to poor leadership" ((in 24 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 22 reviews)); "Everybody was already stretched thin before the layoffs and it has only gotten worse and worse since then with goals just getting bigger and bigger without the people to deliver it forcing people into burnout fire drills all the time." ((in 14 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 11 reviews)); "Some processes can be slow and communication could be improved" ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about GitHub layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed GitHub locations?

San Francisco , Seattle , New York , Los Angeles , Chicago , Austin , Denver , Boston , Atlanta , Portland , Remote , Salt Lake City , Virginia Beach , Durham , Apex , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Minneapolis , Bellevue , Athens , Urbana , Norfolk , Fairfax , Albany , Wisconsin Dells , Phoenix , Juneau , Detroit , Whitefish

GitHub reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(463 total reviews)

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

Jan 8, 2022

A place to quietly rot

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Still some good people around, drawn in by the brand Work life balance is very achievable — as long as you don’t care about growth in the “work” part Pay is decent, benefits quite good (not MSFT benefits though)

Cons

It’s full bore ahead on MSFT mediocrity in engineering leadership (both technical and people management) now. Bad ideas, poor execution, and unbelievable arrogance Product is an insane mess and the lack of competence and leadership spills over onto engineering Absolutely no interest in hiring or retaining diverse teams Attrition is through the roof Entire leadership team has turned over in past 3 months This isn’t the GitHub you’re looking for

5.0

Jan 7, 2022

Great place to work

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Trust by default - Helpful colleagues - Supportive leadership

Cons

- Not very aggressive in shipping

5.0

Jan 6, 2022

Like working at a bustling library full of beautiful, weird nerds

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- smart, passionate, and thoughtful coworkers - huge impact, interesting problems - remote work is well supported and benefits are great

Cons

- leadership changes / turnovers have been frequent since i've been here - sometimes feels like it is turning a little too corporate, and focusing too much on enterprises rather than the users as a whole

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