Decagon
Small (~210)
GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Ratings
DecagonGitLab
3.9
3.9
Overall
3.7
3.9
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.0
Culture & Values
3.2
3.8
Comp & Benefits
3.7
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.7
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
Culture Values
Decagon only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 Direct Product Impact
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Shared
None
Pros & Cons
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
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
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
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
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
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
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 overall with a 3.9 WLB. They’re tied on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and GitLab has 195 open roles.