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Plex

Los Gatos, CA · founded 2009

Plex is the media-streaming company behind Plex Media Server (organize and stream your own movie/TV/music library) and a free, ad-supported streaming service. It's a fully remote, globally distributed team that describes itself as 'media nerds who work remotely from all over the world' and leans self-consciously casual and geeky ('We're not suit-and-tie people'). Culture centers on being kind/humble/helpful, healthy debate, and work-life balance, with real remote-first perks (Flexible Fridays, annual offsites, generous leave). Caveats: it's a mid-size company competing against far larger streamers, benefits eligibility varies by hours/location/tenure, and public detail on health/retirement plans is thin.

Documented benefits (15)

Notable perks

• Flexible Fridays: a standing no-meetings day for focus work, learning, or a passion project
• Plexcon: a yearly week-long all-company offsite in an exciting destination, plus regional 'Minicon' meetups ~6 months later
• Tinycon: up to $1,000/year (or $1,500 with a charity component) for 2+ Plexians to arrange their own meetup anywhere in the world
• Complimentary Calm app subscription for every employee
• $800 annual charitable-giving allotment per employee; company also donates 1% of revenue to employee-chosen charities
• 4 weeks paid bereavement leave for the loss of a loved one
• Phased 'step-in' return: 4 weeks of part-time hours at full pay after parental leave to ease back in

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