Benefits

Holidays and Personal Time Off

• 14 paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Years.
• 28 days total of PTO, including vacation, sick leave and floating holidays.

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• 100% paid insurance for all full-time employees beginning the first full month after their start dates.
• 50% paid health insurance for immediate family members (including unmarried partners) may be added to our plan at group rates, with premiums automatically deducted from payroll pre-tax.

• Includes orthodontia (braces) for employees and their covered dependents.

403(b)(7) Retirement Savings Program

• For every pre-tax dollar employees contribute to their own retirements, EFF will contribute 10 cents.
• At its discretion, EFF contributes $1,000 into each employee's retirement account every year (they have to have one!) .

Student Loan Reimbursement

• For qualified employees with student debt, EFF provides monthly reimbursement for the full amount.

Housing Benefits

• For qualified employees (less than $120k in annual salary)  who rent their homes, EFF will pay the difference between employees' contributions of 19%-25% of their salaries and a maximum monthly rental payment of $2,500.
• For qualified employees who wish to purchase homes, EFF has a fund that, until exhausted, will provide zero-payment, shared equity mortgage loans up to 15% of a home's purchase price, up to $150,000.

Discretionary Paid Leave

• Employees are eligible for a discretionary paid leave (similar to a sabbatical) of up to three months after every seven years of full-time employment.

Parking and Commuter Checks

• EFF has free parking in our building.
• Employees can choose to have fees for commuting to work on public transit deducted from their payrolls pre-tax.

Other reasons working at EFF is awesome

• $25 per month toward employees' cell phone bills.
• Pet-friendly office with lovable cuddle monsters.
• Discretionary paid moving expenses.
• Fully operational kitchen with oven and stove.
• Paid professional dues (like bar association memberships).
• Paid work visas for foreign nationals.
• Workshop Wednesdays – learning from co-workers and friends of EFF.
• Reasonably priced vending machines that have been featured in the Washington Post.
• EFFers often organize activities with their co-workers, like
      - Video game tournaments
      - Book Club
      - Friday Wine Club
     
  * Occasionally we have surprise popups come by, like Lolcatering, a solution-oriented disruptive brand dedicated to game-changing the pro bono publico culinary problem space through a team of change agents who pro-actively leverage the synergies inherent in free lunch as a service. In the cloud.
  * Interesting people from all over the world often stop by EFF

*EFF’s benefits may change as the needs of the organization change, though we’ll always enjoy working to protect digital rights in the company of friends.