Adyen
Large (~4,770)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Adyen
Best for: Payments and backend engineers who value a no-nonsense engineering-first culture with above-average WLB and the challenge of processing global financial transactions at massive scale
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
AdyenGitLab
3.8
3.9
Overall
4.1
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.0
Culture & Values
3.8
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.6
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.7
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Ingo Uytdehaage)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Adyen only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source
Shared
⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Pros & Cons
Adyen
- Smart, humble colleagues with high standards and a market-leading payments product
- Good work-life balance with trust-based culture, free lunch, and international team trips
- Below-market compensation (~20% less than peers) with poor stock options
- Middle management quality issues as company scaled — inexperienced managers and internal politics
GitLab
- Best-in-class all-remote culture — truly async-first with genuine flexibility
- Radically transparent company with a public handbook and open processes
- Revenue organization has seen quota chaos and low morale
- Some leadership instability at the C-suite level
Bottom Line
Adyen
Adyen's engineering culture is well-regarded in fintech — principled, WLB-conscious (4.1/5), and technically rigorous — but expect a methodical Amsterdam-centric culture rather than a high-growth startup vibe.
GitLab
Choose GitLab if you want the gold standard of all-remote work with public handbook and async processes — but expect bureaucracy at scale and comp below top-tier.
Open Roles
Adyen — 279 jobs
💻 Engineering
80
💼 Sales / GTM
65
⚖️ Legal
19
💰 Finance
14
⚙️ Operations
12
📋 Product
12
👤 HR / People
11
📊 Data
10
🎨 Design
5
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
2
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Summary
Adyen scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Work-Life Balance. Adyen also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. GitLab also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Async-First, Transparent, Open Source.
On the hiring front, Adyen has 279 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.