Crusoe
Mid (~800)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Crusoe
Best for: Engineers who want AI infrastructure with a genuine clean-energy mission
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
CrusoeGitLab
4.3
3.9
Overall
3.5
3.9
Work-Life Balance
4.5
4.0
Culture & Values
4.2
3.8
Comp & Benefits
4.0
3.5
Senior Mgmt
4.0
3.7
Career Opps
👍 85% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Chase Lochmiller)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Crusoe only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💜 Mission-Driven🧩 Wears Many Hats⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Shared
None
Pros & Cons
Crusoe
- Unique mission combining AI compute with clean energy — employees feel genuine environmental impact
- Strong compensation and equity with startup energy and rapidly growing resources
- Startup pace means long hours and ambiguity — not for people who want strict 9-to-5
- Rapid scaling creates process gaps, shifting priorities, and some organizational chaos
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
Crusoe
Choose Crusoe if you want AI infrastructure with a genuine clean-energy mission and strong equity — but expect startup chaos and long hours as the company scales rapidly.
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
Crusoe — 318 jobs
💻 Engineering
119
💼 Sales / GTM
17
⚙️ Operations
16
⚖️ Legal
8
📋 Product
8
💰 Finance
7
🎨 Design
5
👤 HR / People
5
📣 Marketing
5
📊 Data
3
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Summary
Crusoe scores 4.3/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.5 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Crusoe has 318 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.