Twitch
San Francisco, CA · founded 2011
Twitch is Amazon's gaming and live-streaming platform (acquired 2014), where gamers broadcast gameplay to interactive audiences via chat. The company is known for remote flexibility, gamified culture ('Guilds' and 'Manager Main Quests'), and strong work-life balance, but has endured major layoffs—400 employees in March 2023 and 500 more (35% of staff) in January 2024—as growth stalled and Amazon influence deepened. Blind reviewers praise the flexibility but note concerns about creeping loss of autonomy.
see the full file on Twitchdocumented benefits (13)
| Fertility support | yes |
|---|---|
| Adoption & surrogacy support | offered |
| Retirement match | offered |
| Mental health | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| FSA | yes |
| Fully remote roles | yes |
| Unlimited PTO | yes |
| Employee discount portal | yes |
| Campus or amenities | SF HQ at 350 Bush Street, opened 2019, built behind the preserved 1930 San Francisco Curb Exchange facade |
notable perks
- Amazon Employee Discount available to all Twitch staff
- Company-wide global no-meeting days
- Employee resource groups are branded as gamer 'Guilds' — Rainbow Road, Somos LATAM, Access Ability, Women+, Black, Asian, Veterans and Parents Guilds
- 'Manager Main Quests' — a gamified leadership-development series for people managers
- SF headquarters built behind the preserved facade of the historic 1930 San Francisco Curb Exchange at 350 Bush St
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Twitch. 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.) |
Every claim above is sourced and dated. See sources on the full page.
Work at Twitch and something here is wrong or out of date? Tell us at hello@perks.global and we will check it.