GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Labelbox
Medium (~350)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Labelbox
Best for: ML infrastructure engineers building data labeling and training platforms for frontier AI labs and enterprises
Ratings
GitLabLabelbox
3.9
3.8
Overall
3.9
3.6
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.8
Culture & Values
3.8
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.6
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Manu Sharma)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Labelbox only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌈 Diverse & Inclusive
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
Labelbox
- Competitive compensation and equity
- Working with top AI labs as customers
- Rapid growth creates organizational churn
- Some teams move faster than others
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.
Labelbox
Choose Labelbox if you want to work on the data side of AI — labeling, evaluation, and training infrastructure used by frontier AI teams — with moderate SF-based intensity.
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
Labelbox — 9 jobs
💻 Engineering
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
1
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Labelbox scores 3.8/5.0 overall with a 3.6 WLB. That’s a 0.1-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Labelbox has 9 open roles.