General & Entity Specific Benefits & Information

How Our Benefits Work

Company-Wide Benefits are available to all GitLab team members worldwide, regardless of location (unless otherwise stated).

Entity-Specific Benefits are additional benefits available to team members in countries where GitLab has established entities or uses Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs).

Questions? Contact our team at HelpLab for any benefits-related questions.

Entity-Specific Benefits

Additional benefits are available based on your employment location. Select your entity below for detailed information:

Company Wide Benefits - Available to All Team Members

Health & Wellness

Modern Health - Mental Health Support

Mental health support that’s there when you need it most. Our comprehensive program offers therapy sessions with licensed professionals, career and personal coaching, and wellness resources designed to support your wellbeing through all of life’s ups and downs.

HealthKick Well-being Platform

Wellness support that fits your lifestyle and budget. Our global wellness platform connects you with discounts and resources across fitness, nutrition, and wellness services, making it easier to prioritize your health no matter where life takes you.

Family Benefits

Vivvi Caregiving Benefits

Reliable backup care and tutoring services designed to support your family when you need it most. Whether it’s unexpected childcare needs, educational support for your kids, or elder care assistance, these benefits help reduce stress and keep your family covered.

Parental Leave

Comprehensive parental leave to support you during one of life’s most important transitions. Whether you’re welcoming a child through birth or adoption, you’ll have 16 weeks of paid leave to bond with your new family member, adjust to your new role as a parent, and focus on what matters most during this time.

Return to Work Coaching Program: Your 4th Trimester

Returning to work after welcoming a new child is a major life transition, and you don’t have to navigate it alone. Your 4th Trimester is a thoughtful 90-day coaching program designed to support you as you balance your new role as a parent with your professional responsibilities, helping you feel confident and prepared for this important chapter.

Fertility & Family Planning

Team Members can refer to their entity-specific medical plans to understand the fertility and family planning benefits available to them, as applicable. Please contact HelpLab should you have any questions.

GitLab plans to continue to iterate on fertility benefits as we evaluate and enhance our overall benefit plans. In a future state, GitLab aims to expand fertility and family planning services (including adoption support) in order to help our team members grow their families.

Financial Security & Professional Growth

Equity Compensation

Equity Compensation is offered to most GitLab team members. We strongly believe in team member ownership in our Company. We are in business to create value for our shareholders and we want our team members to benefit from that shared success.

Incentives: Discretionary Performance & Referral Bonuses

Performance and referral incentive programs that recognize your contributions and help us build our team together.

• Discretionary Bonuses
• Referral Bonuses

Life Insurance Coverage

We want you to have peace of mind knowing your loved ones are protected. Where local life insurance benefits aren’t available, GitLab provides $20,000 in life insurance coverage that you can direct to any beneficiary you choose.

Growth and Development Fund

Your professional growth matters to us and strengthens our entire team. That’s why we provide up to $10,000 each year specifically for your career development.

Whether you want to upskill with new certifications, attend industry conferences, or explore courses to enhance your expertise, this fund is designed to help you shape your career at GitLab while contributing to High Performing Teams across the company.

Time Off & Flexibility

Flexible Paid Time Off

Flexible time off designed to support your overall well-being, with the option to take up to 25 consecutive calendar days for vacation. We understand that everyone needs different amounts of time to truly disconnect and recharge - whether for travel, family moments, personal growth, or simply rest. Review the full policy details here.

All-Remote Work Environment

GitLab’s all-remote work environment provides the flexibility and support you need to thrive professionally while maintaining work-life balance. Our comprehensive remote work resources help you succeed from any location, backed by a global community of team members who share the remote lifestyle.

Want to share your remote work experience? Add a remote_story: element to your team.yml entry.

Travel, Community & Support

Business Travel Emergency Assistance & Accident Policy

We’ve got you covered from departure to return. Our 24/7 medical, safety, and security assistance through International SOS keeps you safe during business travel, while our comprehensive travel insurance provides emergency medical coverage, baggage protection, and accident coverage for domestic and international trips. Focus on your work while we handle your safety and security.

Meal Train

Life’s unexpected moments are easier to navigate when you know your community has your back. Our Meal Train program allows team members to support colleagues going through difficult times or major life transitions by organizing meal deliveries - a simple but meaningful way to show care and provide practical help when someone needs it most.

GitLab Cares - Disaster Relief Program

When natural disasters or unexpected emergencies create financial hardship, GitLab’s Team Member Relief Program is here to help. Managed through our partnership with E4E Relief, this program provides short-term financial assistance to team members and their families during times of extreme need.

Bereave Support Benefits

GitLab recognizes that navigating loss and grief are among life’s most challenging experiences. We’ve partnered with Bereave to provide comprehensive support for team members during these difficult times.

Effective 2026-01-01, All GitLab team members have access to Bereavement Support Benefits through Bereave.

For support, contact Bereave directly at help@bereave.io or through the platform’s messaging feature.

Contractor Benefits

GitLab IT BV contractors are eligible for company-wide benefits but not entity-specific benefits. Contractors are responsible for their own health insurance, social security taxes, and payroll administration.

Important Notes

Benefits Information: This summary provides key information about your benefits. Complete terms and conditions are outlined in official policy documents and entity-specific materials.

Changes and Updates: GitLab continues to evaluate and enhance benefit offerings. We’ll communicate any changes through official channels.

Return-to-work Resources

Team member connections

It can be helpful to connect with other team members who are parents or caregivers as you return to work. Consider:

• Joining the #intheparenthood Slack channel to share tips, photos, and stories.
• Attending a Caregivers Team Member Resource Group (TMRG) event or participating in the group.
• Making a merge request to add contributions to this page.

Your 4th Trimester

This benefit is currently on hold. We are transitioning to a new vendor and will share more soon!

Your 4th Trimester is a 90-day coaching program to help parents transition back to work.

Tips for a smoother transition

GitLab team members compiled tips in a four-part blog series, linked below, looking at an array of issues surrounding working remotely with children. These shed light on parental leave policies worldwide, provide an inside view of working at GitLab with a newborn, and highlight strategies for working remotely with older children.

1. Parental/maternity leave around the world – how does your country stack up?
2. How I balance a baby, a career at GitLab, and cultural expectations of motherhood
3. How to make your home a space that works with kids
4. 5 Things to keep in mind while working remotely with kids

Tips from GitLab team members are the greater community are below, as well as how each aligns with at least one of GitLab’s values.

What has worked for me is to integrate GitLab into my life, and not the other way around. I set very clear boundaries in my calendar of when is work time and when is family time. Per GitLab’s recommendation, my calendar is viewable by anyone and clearly has time for: kids test prep, visual therapy for one, judo pick-up and other appointments I have outside of work. This prevents team members from scheduling over these instances.

If someone does schedule over family time or personal time, I feel confident to decline, unless it is very urgent and I’m blocking it (I always suggest a new time first, before using family time for a meeting). I am also inclined to say that if folks keep scheduling outside of your work time, to make sure you respond back and highlight that, and check if you can find an alternative time that works for both of you. — Nadia V.

Nadia’s recommendation leans on Transparency, as well as an important operating principle of Efficiency: Be respectful of others’ time.

When I joined GitLab, it was great to see things in people’s calendars like baby time, homework with kids, date night, etc. Part of onboarding was coffee chats so I saw these “meetings” on calendars as I tried to schedule chats. It reinforced our family first operating principle, and also normalized these activities. It helped me understand that I could set up similar boundaries and not sacrifice bed time or something similar just to have an empty hour on my calendar. — Seth B.

Seth’s recommendation ties to an operating principle of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging : Family and friends first, work second.

The hardest part of coming back from parental leave has been getting caught up/reintegrating with the GitLab team while sleep deprived. I recommend taking to heart the don't worry portion of GitLab’s guide to paid time off, which states: “You don’t need to worry about taking time off to go to the gym, take a nap, go grocery shopping, do household chores, help someone, take care of a loved one, etc. If you have urgent tasks, but something comes up or takes longer than expected, just ensure the rest of the team knows and someone can pick up the tasks (assuming you’re able to communicate).” — Jonathan S.

Jonathan’s recommendation adds a layer of nuance to Have Ownership & Accountability, an operating principle of Results. It also touches on Give agency, an operating principle of Collaboration, which empowers team members to focus on what they think is most beneficial.

Take advantage of GitLab’s bias towards asynchronous communication. A child’s schedule shifts rapidly, and I’ve found it useful to structure my days around my son’s routine rather than force him to operate on a rigid timeline. Being a part of a 100% remote team empowers team members to embrace work/life harmony in whatever way suits them. Moreover, it’s liberating to be able to shift when and where I work depending on the needs of my family.

It’s important to talk about family. For a company to sustain a culture that embraces parents and empathizes with the associated needs, these realities must be shared in the open and not allowed to become taboo. — Darren M.

Team Member Toolkit

Parents at GitLab who are reentering work following parental leave are encouraged to read the Team Member Tool Kit and to reach out to team members who self-designate as a Parental Leave Reentry Buddy.

Managers of soon to be parents should check out this Manager Tool Kit for best practices in supporting your team members as they prepare for and return from Parental Leave.

If you’re interested in learning about how other GitLab team members approach parenthood, take a look at the parenting resources wiki page and #intheparenthood on Slack.

GitLab Cares - Team Member Disaster Relief Program

When Team Members are affected by natural disasters such as fires, earthquakes, floods, etc…, GitLab has established a Team Member Relief Program to assist with financial hardship from these disasters or other emergencies. This program is managed in partnership with E4E Relief, a non-profit that helps businesses establish global disaster relief programs for their Team Members.

This program provides Team Members and their families with short-term, need-based assistance in times of extreme need. If you experience a difficult situation, please visit the GitLab Cares Portal to easily determine if you’re eligible for program assistance and to apply for assistance.

GitLab started the fund with an initial contribution to support team members. Team Members may also choose to make donations to the fund as part of their annual giving and donation efforts. If you wish to make a donation, please visit the Portal and select ‘Contribute to the Fund’. Donations are tax-deductable (country-specific tax laws apply).

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