All-remote bullying - Anonymous employee GitLab Employee Review

1.0
Nov 22, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, I found it to be some sort of utopia.

Cons

The company is growing at a fast pace and hires a lot of new talent who not necessarily follow or even behave anywhere close to the values listed in the company handbook. I've never seen worse disorganisation and unprepared managers than at GitLab but I believe there are some better structured and reasonable teams within the organisation than the one I had the misfortune to be a part of. The all-remote concept seemed to be backfiring in my department and instead of collaboration I had experienced hostility, ignorance and even virtual bullying so that someone else could get on with their agenda or get away with their lack of preparedness. It's all easily applied as there are people there who clearly think they can afford these behaviours as they won't have to ever see you face to face. I've decided to quit because this was the worst experience in my career and just not worth my time. On a side note, the people experience team forgot to have an exit interview with me hence here's my feedback especially since my manager was not interested to hear it either.

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GitLab Response
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Thank you for sharing this feedback. Please know that this isn't the type of experience we want anyone to have as part of the GitLab team and that we take feedback like this seriously. Your review is being shared with leaders that play a role in making GitLab a place where everyone can contribute.

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