Good company, but changing culture - Avis employé Analytics GitLab

Thanks for your detailed feedback about GitLab's evolution. We appreciate you highlighting the positives like autonomy, colleagues, projects, and our product, while also sharing honest concerns about cultural changes. Your observations about the transition to being a public company are important. As companies scale from startup to public entity, certain operational changes become necessary to ensure long-term sustainability and continued innovation. Transparency remains one of our core CREDIT values, and we document that "we practice transparency even when hiding the facts would be easier" at handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency. While some information must be handled differently as a public company due to regulatory requirements, we remain committed to maintaining as much openness as possible. We're committed to evolving thoughtfully - maintaining our core values while adopting the operational discipline needed to serve customers, team members, and stakeholders effectively as we grow. Your perspective as someone who experienced GitLab's transformation is valuable for understanding how we can balance growth requirements with our founding culture.