GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Lambda
Mid (~500)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Lambda
Best for: Professionals interested in Lambda
Ratings
GitLabLambda
3.9
3.6
Overall
3.9
3.7
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.7
Culture & Values
3.8
3.6
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.4
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.4
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 72% Recommend
👤 76% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Lambda only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity🎯 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
Lambda
- Building the GPU cloud that powers the world’s top AI labs — genuinely impactful infrastructure
- Smart engineering team with strong technical culture and good WLB on most teams
- Management style described as top-down; strategy clarity could be better
- Internal politics and coordination overhead slow things down for some teams
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.
Lambda
Lambda — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
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
Lambda — 32 jobs
💻 Engineering
14
💰 Finance
6
📋 Product
4
👤 HR / People
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Lambda scores 3.6/5.0 overall with a 3.7 WLB. That’s a 0.3-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Lambda has 32 open roles.