Asana
Large (~1,700)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Asana
Best for: Engineers and PMs who want genuine work-life balance and transparent leadership at a public tech company that practices what it preaches about how work should feel
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
AsanaGitLab
4.1
3.9
Overall
4.2
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.3
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.8
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.7
Career Opps
👍 78% Recommend
👤 90% CEO Approval (Dustin Moskovitz)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Asana only
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🔓 Open Source
Shared
⚖️ Work-Life Balance🪟 Transparent
Pros & Cons
Asana
- Exceptional work-life balance and supportive team culture
- Highly transparent leadership with strong D&I commitment
- Senior management accountability concerns and frequent reorgs
- Mandatory hybrid schedule — 3 days in office per week
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
Asana
Choose Asana if you want sustainable pace, strong D&I, and a learning-first engineering culture at a public company — but expect hybrid 3-day in-office and some reorg turbulence.
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
Asana — 129 jobs
💻 Engineering
50
💼 Sales / GTM
22
📋 Product
9
⚙️ Operations
8
🎨 Design
6
📊 Data
5
👤 HR / People
3
📣 Marketing
3
⚖️ Legal
2
💰 Finance
1
🎧 Support
1
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Summary
Asana scores 4.1/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.2 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Work-Life Balance, Transparent. Asana also emphasizes Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Diverse & Inclusive. GitLab also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Async-First, Open Source.
On the hiring front, Asana has 129 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.