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      Autonomy lost to a top-down culture - Senior Software Engineer GitLab Employee Review

      3.0
      May 28, 2026
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Used to have lots of autonomy and transparency.

      Cons

      The culture has become very top down driven. Decisions are forced upon team members with no explanation or discussion and set with deadlines that are impossible to hit.

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      5.0
      May 28, 2026
      Staff frontend engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good culture and interesting product.

      Cons

      Lots of churn in leadership

      2.0
      May 16, 2026
      Security engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      OK pay or benefits in the market. Fully remote. Still is trying to frame itself as a big player.

      Cons

      Leadership went from being collaborative, communicative, and transparent, to being mercurial, secretive, and out of touch with the actual work. OBSESSSES over your AI usage metrics - even if AI doesn't help you and slows you down. The current layoff in progress was communicated poorly and not planned at all. And now they want us to adore the leaders and the company? Cultish vibes. We went from a company that plans ahead to a company that reacts.

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