All people in GitLab are equal, but some are more equal than others.
The handbook is suggestions and subject to major changes overnight, with most of it is over inflated and ambiguous. This is my opinion as it's publicly available.
Toxic positivity.
Management are Gods that have amazing powers to shape reality as they please. Visit the"leadership" page at the time of writing to know more.
NDAs and Contracts. They are differently something. I have never seen a senior lawyer so shocked by a few pieces of paper before.
Discrimination, retaliation and favoritism basically doesn't exist. Because they said so.
There's a public page in the handbook at the time of writing titled "Process for Tracking and Escalating Glassdoor Reviews" with a point of, and I quote "Negative reviews about GitLab or our culture in general, at the company level: A People Business Partner or member of the People Group (in rare cases, CPO)".
I got prompted various times during my first month to leave a Glassdoor review and now I know why.
Lastly, people are expendable. A large number of "employees" are legally just contractors, making them vulnerable and protect GitLab from reporting the real world actual turnover rate.
I wouldn't recommend GitLab to my enemies. Worst mistake in my career.
