GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Glean
Large (~1,475)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Glean
Best for: AI engineers who want to work on enterprise search with ex-Google leadership and don't mind below-market base pay offset by strong equity upside
Ratings
GitLabGlean
3.9
4.2
Overall
3.9
3.8
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.3
Culture & Values
3.8
4.2
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.7
4.0
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 88% CEO Approval (Arvind Jain)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Glean only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Shared
🪟 Transparent
Pros & Cons
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
Glean
- World-class AI talent — learn from ex-Google leadership on cutting-edge enterprise search
- Transparent collaborative culture with strong career growth
- Below-market compensation — comp rated only 3.6/5
- Sales org has high churn and toxicity problems in EMEA and US
Bottom Line
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.
Glean
Top-tier AI engineering talent and explosive growth, but comp lags peers and the sales org has churn problems — the engineering side is the real draw.
Open Roles
GitLab — 195 jobs
💻 Engineering
79
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📋 Product
10
⚖️ Legal
5
📊 Data
4
🎨 Design
4
📣 Marketing
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
Glean — 180 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
62
💻 Engineering
38
📋 Product
15
👤 HR / People
7
⚙️ Operations
6
🎨 Design
5
📣 Marketing
5
🧠 ML / AI
5
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Glean scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Transparent. GitLab also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Async-First, Open Source, Work-Life Balance. Glean also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Glean has 180 open roles.