Very haphazard with no clear direction, feedback or next steps. There are no processes in place and managers hiring basically who they like most.

Benefits are non existent apart from what the country of residence of the employee enforce and some very basic app subscriptions and average salary for the specific job.

The culture differs greatly between individuals and teams as it heavily depends on the location and the manager of the employee. It's an extreme divide between extremely happy employees and victims silenced by NDAs.

Customers and outsiders view gitlab as a try hard with over exaggerated product and culture. Now that I know the truth I support that view. Management and executives need a complete overhaul or this company will sink

The culture is the definition of toxic positivity and corporate brain washing. Meeting are not obligatory but "encouraged" with managers blaming employees for not attending. Discrimination and passive aggression is rampant as long as the language used is PC and sounds flowery.

The worst leadership I ever encountered. They enforce that gitlab is not a democracy. Managers have total control over employees and promote and fire people based on what they feel regardless of performance. The entire management and executive teams are friends and don't abide by any rules.