Roblox
San Mateo, CA · founded 2004
Roblox is the company behind the user-generated 3D gaming platform, headquartered in San Mateo. Its Total Rewards package is genuinely strong and unusually health-forward: a $50k fertility/adoption/surrogacy cap, dollar-for-dollar 401(k), a 15% ESPP, quarterly equity refreshes, and an HQ stacked with free meals, a gym, DEXA scans and on-site dental and vision exams. The other side, per employees on Blind, is a founder-controlled board ('do what Dave says'), constantly shifting priorities and frequent pivots, a promotion process people call brutal, and equity that has lost value as the stock slid. Great pay and perks; contentious management.
see the full file on Robloxdocumented benefits (24)
| Birthing-parent leave | offered |
|---|---|
| Fertility support | yes |
| Fertility allowance | $50,000 |
| Adoption & surrogacy support | offered |
| Caregiver leave | offered |
| Work from abroad | yes |
| Countries with offices | United States, Netherlands, India, United Kingdom |
| Retirement match | $1 for $1 up to 50% of the IRS deferral limit |
| Stock purchase plan | yes |
| ESPP discount | 15% |
| Refresh grants | yes |
| Charitable donation match | yes |
| Donation match cap | $15,000 |
| Mental health | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| On-site health clinic | yes |
| Fully remote roles | yes |
| Unlimited PTO | yes |
| Company shutdown | offered |
| Offices | San Mateo, Amsterdam, Gurugram, London |
| Food | multiple_meals |
what Roblox pays
Median of 50 certified wages filed with the US Department of Labor: $273,070.
Half of Roblox's certified filings fall between $255,200 and $306,830.
| role | median | filings | range |
|---|---|---|---|
| senior software engineer | $273,070 | 16 filings | $222,910 to $306,830 |
| principal software engineer | $322,170 | 5 filings | $322,170 to $372,940 |
| senior data scientist | $274,000 | 5 filings | $231,670 to $301,400 |
| senior site reliability engineer | $273,070 | 3 filings | $238,520 to $306,830 |
| senior product manager | $340,680 | 2 filings | $257,040 to $340,680 |
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2025 Q4. Read 2026-07-27.
notable perks
- Free Caltrain GoPass — unlimited commuter rail rides up and down the Peninsula
- On-site DEXA body-composition scans at HQ
- On-site dental and vision exams at the San Mateo HQ
- Unlimited one-on-one health and nutrition coaching
- On-site nutrition programs and nutritionists framed around 'sustained peak performance'
- Work from anywhere for up to eight weeks per year
- $1,200/year lifestyle spending account
- Quarterly equity-refresh program that re-grants stock every quarter to track the market
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Roblox. It applies to every employer in CA.
| IVF cycles the state covers | California requires IVF from 1 January 2026, and only from large employers. SB 729 (2024) rewrote Health and Safety Code § 1374.55 so that a large group health care service plan contract 'issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and fertility services, including a maximum of three completed oocyte retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers', following ASRM guidelines and using single embryo transfer where medically appropriate. Large group means 100 or more employees. Small group plans need only be OFFERED the coverage rather than provide it, religious employers are excluded, Medi-Cal managed care is exempt, and CalPERS plans are delayed to 1 July 2027. The original 1 July 2025 date was pushed back a budget trailer bill, AB 116 (2025). THE LIMIT THAT DECIDES WHETHER THIS REACHES YOU: a state insurance mandate binds only fully insured plans. A self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted, and KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers — 80% at firms of 200 or more — in a self-funded plan. At most large California employers this law therefore does not apply, and the fertility benefit on the page is the company's own choice. (Senate Bill 729 (2024), which repealed and added Section 1374.55 of the Health and Safety Code and amended Section 10119.6 of the Insurance Code; the operative date was moved from 1 July 2025 to 1 January 2026 by Assembly Bill 116 (2025).) |
|---|---|
| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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