Achieve
What's the Work-Life Balance Like at Achieve?
Achieve Employee Perspectives
Achieve’s approach to work-life balance is rooted in flexibility, trust and a genuine understanding of employees’ personal responsibilities. The company encourages individuals to set boundaries, take meaningful breaks and create routines that support both their professional and personal lives. This supportive environment makes it possible for employees to thrive across all aspects of their lives:
“I’m a full-time working single mom, which can make work-life balance tough. I'm always encouraged to take full breaks and step away, even when I work from home. I've felt comfortable setting boundaries since day one and have found a great balance.”
What People Are Saying About Achieve
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Remote or Hybrid Flexibility: Company materials highlight remote- and hybrid-eligible roles across teams and locations, with role pages specifying remote/hybrid/onsite options. Benefits language also calls out “remote & hybrid work with vacation time,” reinforcing location flexibility as a norm.
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Sustainable Pace: Engineering teams are described as having “work-life balance is respected” and that “overtime is rare,” indicating day-to-day hours are generally kept in check on those teams. A remote-first, trust-based setup is portrayed as enabling a healthier cadence for these functions.
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Wellbeing Programs: Benefits content emphasizes mental, physical, and financial well-being alongside time off. These offerings signal structured support for balance beyond scheduling alone.
Achieve's Benefits
Allows employees to take a day off for their birthday
Half day off for your birthday.
Offers a flexible time off policy
Offers generous PTO
Competitive vacation and sick time off, as well as dedicated volunteer days.
Offers paid volunteer time
Our employees receive 2 days per year of paid volunteer time.
Provides bereavement leave
Provides floating holidays
Provides paid holidays
Provides paid sick days
Provides wellness days
Has employee-led culture committees
Offers Employee Resource Groups
Offers team workouts
Virtual yoga sessions.
Offers wellness programs
On-site gym available to all employees including access to Peloton bikes.
Partners with nonprofits
Habitat For Humanity, Feed My Starving Children, Junior Achievement, Peninsula Family YMCA and many others.
Provides access to an onsite gym
Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community
In addition to our monetary support to local charities, members of the Achieve Family receive two days of paid time to volunteer at the charity of their choice.
Offers a remote work program
Utilizes a flexible work schedule
Utilizes a hybrid work model
