GitLab reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(743 total reviews)

Bill Staples

37% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

GitLab has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 743 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GitLab 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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743 reviews
3.0
Apr 24, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Good work-life balance - "Unlimited" PTO is nice in theory (but really just an accounting gimmick to avoid payouts of accrued vacation time on employee exits) - Management seems to genuinely care about the well-being of individual contributors - CEO genuinely seems to genuinely care about the well-being of employees

Cons

- Very challenging collaborative environment - Most work is OKR-based and yet alignment justification is very weak (top-down objectives seem poorly interpreted through the common "telephone game" signal degradation) - Very limited opportunities for grassroots contributions - Failure to embrace systems automation

3.0
Apr 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits in relation to family and time off. Smart and caring people, overall a very good company culture. Remote-only company with proper procedures and practices to assist in productivity. Great product that works and customers love.

Cons

If you are thinking of joining Gitlab do it. Gitlab sales, think twice. Then ensure you negotiate a good territory prior to starting and get it in writing. Incompetent and lazy territory/account allocation from senior management is causing some reps to vastly overachieve, while most are struggling to gain little commission. Typically favouring reps with 3 or more years of tenure, that have secured the largest/best accounts. Some guidelines have been put in place to reduce inequality but are not followed by certain regions. The BDR function is poor and need a refresh as well as proper investment. Our solution, for all its goodness is all encompassing, and therefor exciting/new differentiated features are perceived as expensive and difficult introduce into new clients. All of this leaves an enormous attainment gap between reps, frustration for new reps to hit target and ultimately more attrition.

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