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 63 reviews)); "The culture and work was great." ((in 63 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 59 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 24 reviews)); "Good pay and possibility to overachieve" ((in 19 reviews))

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

"Bad leadership, burnout, no strategy" ((in 24 reviews)); "Poor management." ((in 19 reviews)); "Remote working is great but if you want to meet in person in a location outside SF or Bellevue it might be difficult or impossible, team travel budget has been slashed after a recent layoff." ((in 13 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

GitHub reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(464 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 464 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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464 reviews

4.0

Aug 19, 2022

So much potential so much talent wasted

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great products for the most part, the ones that are great are truly unique Some excellent managers and colleagues Very good benefits, good tooling if you're a dev

Cons

Depending on what team you work GitHub is either the best company in the world or the worse. This can also change from one day to the other with so many re-orgs In recent years a total lack of strong leadership, that might change. GitHub could be so much more with better collaboration

4.0

Aug 18, 2022

nice

Sde-intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work and nice culture

Cons

Sometimes too independent and hectic

5.0

Aug 12, 2022

Senior CSR

Senior corporate sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management, opportunity, team success, and scalability.

Cons

Territory, newness of certain products.

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