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 (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 73 reviews)); "The culture and work was great." ((in 61 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 60 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 26 reviews)); "Good pay and brand" ((in 14 reviews))

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

"High turnover due to poor leadership" ((in 23 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 20 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 10 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

GitHub reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(465 total reviews)

Thomas Dohmke

48% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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GitHub has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 465 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).

Reviews by job title

465 reviews

2.0

Apr 12, 2023

Bad Leadership

Staff tpm

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks Highly skilled team

Cons

Hardly any transparency, company priorities are unclear

3.0

Apr 12, 2023

Good work culture, bad management

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good team and culture, supportive teammates.

Cons

Too much attrition, bad decisioning on part of Microsoft. US teams did not prefer indian counterparts

2.0

Apr 11, 2023

A decent company heading in the wrong direction

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Get to work with some very smart people 2. Decent compensation and benefits

Cons

1. Very bad leadership. They do not practice the values they preach. 2. Work life balance is messed up quite frequently 3. Too many responsibilities in on-call rotations 4. The sudden shift on making everything about AI is hurting the core products of the company

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