GitLab
Large (~2,500)
Snowflake
Large (~7,000)
Best For
GitLab
Best for: Engineers who want a fully remote, async-first culture with radical transparency
Snowflake
Best for: Professionals interested in Snowflake
Ratings
GitLabSnowflake
3.9
3.7
Overall
3.9
3.4
Work-Life Balance
4.0
3.8
Culture & Values
3.8
3.7
Comp & Benefits
3.5
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.5
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 70% CEO Approval (Sid Sijbrandij)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
GitLab only
🌐 Remote-Friendly📡 Async-First🪟 Transparent🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Snowflake only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity🌱 Learning & Growth🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
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
Snowflake
- Massive-scale distributed systems work with top-tier compensation and RSUs
- High technical bar, accessible senior leaders, and real learning opportunities
- Culture shifting under new leadership — holiday cuts and increased performance pressure
- Quarterly planning overhead and oncall load vary significantly by team
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.
Snowflake
Snowflake — 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
Snowflake — 419 jobs
💻 Engineering
181
💼 Sales / GTM
93
📣 Marketing
29
📋 Product
22
📊 Data
14
⚖️ Legal
6
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
💰 Finance
3
🎨 Design
2
Summary
GitLab scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.9 work-life balance rating. Snowflake scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
On the hiring front, GitLab has 195 open roles and Snowflake has 419 open roles.