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Stack Overflow Benefits Overview
From the beginning, Stack Overflow’s mission has been to be the best place anyone has ever worked. We make an extra effort to provide everything a person could ever want in a company, from completely free medical insurance to a professional development budget. Stack Overflow truly cares about our employees as people, and we have provided benefits that reflect how people really live.
Compensation + Benefits
Offers 401(K)
Stack Overflow provides a Roth IRA and Regular 401(K) options for our employees.
Offers disability insurance
Provides 401(K) matching
Stack Overflow matches 100% of employee contributions up to 3% on earnings and 50% of employee contributions between 3% and 5% of earnings. The company match is vested immediately.
Offers life insurance
Employees are provided a $50,000 life insurance policy, with no premiums associated. If you would like supplemental insurance over and above that, a small amount will be deducted from your paycheck.
Provides adoption assistance
We assist our employees by offering financial assistance in the adoption of a child. We'll reimburse up to $5,000 to use towards legal expenses, adoption agencies or other adoption professional fees.
Provides family medical leave
Stack Overflow provides 12 weeks of unpaid time, and also 7 days of paid leave per 12-month period in order to provide care for a family member who requires it of the employee.
Provides a post-parental leave return-to-work program
Offers childcare benefits
Stack Overflow allows employees to participate in a DCA (Dependent Care Account), and employees can put up to $5,000 a year pre-taxed toward expenses for day camps, preschool, or au pair fees.
Offers generous parental leave
For employees who have worked here a year, Stack Overflow provides 16 weeks at 100% pay. This goes for adoptions, too. Upon their return to work, new parents can expense up to $500 for take-out meals.
Offers company equity
As Stack Overflow isn’t public, employees are provided stock options upon their start, and then issued more upon later in their tenure for evergreen or promotion grants.
Provides home-office stipend for remote employees
All remote new hires will also be provided with a reimbursable allowance.
Offers performance bonuses
Offers dental insurance
Stack Overflow covers 100% of the costs of preventative care, including x-rays for you and your family!
Offers vision insurance
Our vision plan cover you and your family with a $150 credit towards lenses or frames each year for after a $20 copay for an eye exam.
Offers transgender health care benefits
Offers health insurance
Stack Overflow covers 100% of the medical costs, from prescriptions to copays to major medical events (such as births!) through an employer-funded HRA for you and your family!
Offers mental health benefits
Stack Overflow partners with Bravely as the first step to getting what employees need to stay engaged, productive, and motivated at work with on-demand confidential professional coaching.
Offers abortion travel benefits
Work-Life Balance + Wellbeing
Offers company-sponsored outings
Since so many teams have members who operate across many locations, department meet-ups are typically scheduled annually.
Offers fitness stipend
Stack Overflow reimburses up to $150 per month toward gym memberships, fitness classes, or equipment costs.
Partners with nonprofits
Offers Employee Resource Groups
Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community
Offers company-sponsored happy hours
Offers wellness programs
In addition to reimbursing up to $150 per month toward gym memberships or fitness class costs, we host virtual yoga sessions.
Offers generous PTO
Each US employee at Stack Overflow earns 20 vacation days on a regular accrual schedule per paycheck. Upon reaching the third year of employment, employees earn 25 days per year.
Provides paid holidays
Offers sabbatical leave
By each 5th year of employment, they’ve earned dedicated time to relax and reset! Stack Overflow provides 4 weeks of paid time off and 1 week of credit added to your account.
Offers paid volunteer time
Stack Overflow provides 4 days paid volunteer days per year.
Provides paid sick days
Stack Overflow has unlimited sick days, though if employees are out more than a consecutive seven days, they could be eligible for Short Term Disability Leave and covered through our insurance.
Provides bereavement leave
Career Growth + Development
Provides continuing education stipend
Provides online course subscriptions
Allows employees to pursue continuing education during work hours
We offer monthly half-days dedicated to employees' professional and skills development time. There are three separate series: personal, professional, and company development days.
Provides personal development training
Job training & conferences
Each employee is eligible for reimbursement for continuing education, conferences, etc., to advance their skills and knowledge each year.
Provides paid industry certifications
Provides tuition reimbursement
Stack Overflow provides employees reimbursements who have been employed for 6 months in employer education assistance benefits tax-free each year for undergraduate or graduate courses that qualify.
Provides customized development tracks
Promote from within
Company Culture
Has a dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Offers diversity-based Employee Resource Groups
ERGs such as: - Black and Brown - Asian Pacific Islanders - LGBTQ+ - Mental Illness Neurodiversity - Allyship - & more
Mandated unconscious bias training
Hiring practices promote diversity
Utilizes a flexible work schedule
Stack has employees all over the world across many departments. It is flexible, and employees can generally work the hours they choose as long as it is discussed with their manager.
Offers a remote work program
We're over 90% remote. As long as your timezone works for your team, work where you want within our HUBS (US, UK, Germany, and Canada).
Provides free daily meals
Stack Overflow provides a wide selection from our partner Cater2.me that delivers delicious and nutritious lunches each day the office is open.
Provides free snacks and drinks
If lunches weren’t enough for you, Stack Overflow also provides fully stocked pantry shelves ("Snack Overflow"), fresh fruit, fridges, and cabinets for all breakfast and snack needs.
Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration
Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities
Quarterly engagement surveys to gauge employee satisfaction
Established employee awards to honor work and contributions
