We made Precious for parents who, like me (Chris), are overwhelmed by their digital memories.

You don’t have to have children of your own in order to work with us, but for any parent out there who is wondering how to balance your career in tech and your new or growing family, this might be the place. Every company wants to hire people who are also users of their product, and for us, that’s parents! Our company was founded by two brothers (Chris and Daniel), and we prioritize family in all parts of our lives.

It should go without saying that we provide healthcare for all employees as well as their dependents and family members. We support maternity and paternity leave, and don’t keep track of vacations or PTO (don’t worry, we do take time off ourselves evidenced by Daniel’s 2-week trip to Patagonia this year!).

We provide 4 months parental leave for men and women, as well as YC baby onesies.

We are incredibly supportive of our current and soon-to-be parents. Along with our paid family leave policy, we also do our best to accommodate new parents in whatever way we can. For instance, we transformed one of our Mountain View offices into a lactation room for one member of the YC team after she had returned from her maternity leave. Our vacation policy allows parents and non-parents alike to take 3 consecutive weeks off, though we encourage you to consider demo day and other scheduled events when you do. When you join YC, you will be encouraged to live a balanced and productive life and provided the independence to figure out what that means for you.

We encourage and want you to take time off to be fully present to enjoy your family – your kids are only young once!

A lot of employees at CompanyCam have kids, so if something comes up with childcare, or your kids get sick at school, you'll only find support (and probably several sympathy stories) from us. As your kids grow up, we want you to be there for them in whatever activities they’re participating in. Your kids are only kids once, so don’t miss out on these precious years!

For those of you who don't have kids yet, but are planning to in the future, we also provide parental leave benefits. CompanyCam provides up to six weeks of fully paid maternity leave for adoptive and natural mothers, and up to three weeks of fully paid paternity leave for adoptive and natural fathers. We know that those first few weeks are important to help you adjust to your new life and we fully support and value that. We also help you with insurance by covering you in full, as well as covering a portion of your family premiums.

All new parents are entitled to up to 52 weeks of leave.

All employees are treated in the same way, regardless of their role in the birth of the child, or the matching process if adopting a child. All new parents are entitled to 14 weeks with 100% of usual pay, and longer if desired with scaled pay. You can read our parental leave policy in full here.

There are many parents are Aula, and we’ve recently welcomed another #aulababy into our family! We are an incredibly parent-friendly team and support both employees and their families. For example, we supported one of our recent fathers with extra child care when his wife had a breast infection and they needed to be in and out of the hospital for three weeks. Life throws curve balls and you’ll always have the team behind you to help get through things.

In the past, we’ve hired two women on our teams while they were pregnant, and on our builder team we have four proud fathers: Frederik (2), Guro (1), Farhan (1), Kyle (1). Below, our VP of Product and recent father, Kyle, on why he joined Aula. Excerpt below:

While we love recent grads, Inntopia is run by people who know and understand the challenges and needs of parents.

Our CEO, Trevor Crist, has two children and are often seen at the office or joining in for the final day of our user group. Maternity leave and paternity leave are available and taken full advantage of. When one of our best team members had her second child, it was never a question about using her full maternity leave and the team rallied to cover for her. Additionally, many people on our teams work remotely or split time between home and office to cut down on commute times and create more time with their families.

The flexibility and balance at Carbon Five is great for parents. That’s why there are so many here!

We have an equivalent maternity and paternity leave policy and we support fathers that want to be at home with their kids just as much as mothers. Our company barbecues are always family friendly and we encourage everyone to bring their kids. Across our four offices, parents make up a large proportion of the company (maybe about a third) which makes our Slack channel for parents a great place for stories and support. The work/life balance and flexibility we have is ideal for anyone with a growing family that also likes to have fun with the people they work with.

Working remote also allows those of us with children to maximize our time with them.

This could take the form of being able to take on carpool drop-off rather than an hour long commute in the morning, or the ability to run to a midday event at school without having to take a full day off. It could also mean writing your next bit of code while your child plays next to you. We believe that just as sleep and health are leverage, so too is being able to take care of the things that are most important to you.

In terms of benefits, we offer job-protected Paid Time Off—12 Weeks, Fully Paid—for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child.

Aptible Team Member, Shah Kader, with his son on a recent All-Hands (via Zoom).