Brex
Large (~1,600)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Brex
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
BrexGitLab
4.0
3.9
Overall
3.9
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.0
Culture & Values
4.0
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.7
Career Opps
👍 77% Recommend
👤 71% CEO Approval (Pedro Franceschi)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Brex only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Shared
🪟 Transparent
Pros & Cons
Brex
- Innovation-driven culture with incredibly smart, passionate, and supportive colleagues
- Strong benefits and time off actively encouraged with flexible scheduling
- Culture of overworking — many departments understaffed relative to workload expectations
- Multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years have created uncertainty and morale challenges
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
Brex
Choose Brex if you want to build AI-powered fintech at massive scale with smart colleagues — but expect intense workloads and some organizational instability from recent layoffs.
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
Brex — 235 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
72
💻 Engineering
49
📋 Product
18
🎨 Design
15
📣 Marketing
14
👤 HR / People
13
📊 Data
10
⚖️ Legal
6
💰 Finance
3
⚙️ Operations
3
🎧 Support
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
Brex scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 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: Transparent. Brex also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. GitLab also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Async-First, Open Source, Work-Life Balance.
On the hiring front, Brex has 235 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.