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?

67% 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, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitHub?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (33) , 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 67 reviews)); "The culture and work was great." ((in 60 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 54 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 26 reviews)); "Good pay and possibility to overachieve" ((in 18 reviews))

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

"Bad leadership, burnout, no strategy" ((in 23 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 20 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 9 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 , Minneapolis , Portland , Remote , Salt Lake City , Virginia Beach , Durham , Apex , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Bellevue , Athens , Urbana , Norfolk , Fairfax , Albany , Wisconsin Dells , Phoenix , Juneau , Detroit , Whitefish

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3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(466 total reviews)

Thomas Dohmke

48% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

GitHub has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 466 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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466 reviews

5.0

May 28, 2023

Nice Company to work

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fully remote Company Nice Team to work with

Cons

It's depend on Microsoft decisions sometimes.

2.0

May 20, 2023

Low process means experience varies highly per team

Senior product designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are many like minded, open source, equity and equality minded people around the company.

Cons

The leadership has trouble committing to a process and has terrible culture sense. Every year there is a new evaluation process rolled out. Do not expect executives to be the ones leading culture— thus experiences vary greatly between teams. Little commitment and follow through with anything employee culture or community equity related. Projects are at the whim of clout chasing executives and heavily exudes "popularity contest".

4.0

May 19, 2023

Empathetic company, great coworkers

Software engineer iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Truly some of the most intelligent and kind people I’ve worked with. Most people value transparency and you can learn a ton here from various perspectives. You very much feel that it is a remote-first company and there is a lot of trust and empathy given.

Cons

Very easy for your voice to get drown out if you don’t try to make it heard. Funding projects can be fairly difficult if you don’t have the right support.

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