Poor leadership, Terrible Culture - Anonymous employee GitHub Employee Review

2.0
Mar 18, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Good benefits - Good work/life balance

Cons

- Promotions and rewards are often based on favoritism rather than merit - Decisions about promotions and recognition are often influenced by office politics rather than employee contributions - Success within the company often depends more on self-promotion than on tangible achievements, sometimes at the expense of equally or more deserving employees - There are numerous leaders in the organization who have been brought in or advanced to roles that exceed their skills and qualifications, impacting overall effectiveness

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Remote work with some really great team mates

Cons

Currently GitHub seems to be all over the place and with some key Leadership moving on, the replacements seem to be mainly coming from MSFT.

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