GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Hebbia
Small (~140)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Hebbia
Best for: Engineers who want a famously kind, high-EQ team building cutting-edge AI for finance and legal professionals
Ratings
GitLabHebbia
3.9
4.4
Overall
3.9
3.2
Work-Life Balance
4.0
4.5
Culture & Values
3.8
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.2
Senior Mgmt
3.7
4.2
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 88% Recommend
👤 92% CEO Approval (George Sivulka)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Hebbia only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🌱 Learning & Growth🧩 Wears Many Hats🎯 Direct Product Impact
Shared
None
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
Hebbia
- Incredible culture and smart, kind team
- Cutting-edge AI work in finance
- Very long hours expected
- Fully in-office, no flexibility
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.
Hebbia
Choose Hebbia if you want one of the most collegial cultures in AI (4.4 Glassdoor, 88% recommend) and direct impact in fintech — but expect very long hours and fully in-office, no remote flexibility.
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
Hebbia — 32 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
10
💻 Engineering
8
📊 Data
2
🎨 Design
2
💰 Finance
1
👤 HR / People
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Hebbia scores 4.4/5.0 overall with a 3.2 WLB. That’s a 0.5-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Hebbia has 32 open roles.