Work/Life

Family Benefits

Whether you have children, are expecting, or are thinking about adding to your family in the future, this page tells you all you need to know about your Pinterest family benefits!

Rethink Benefits

Are you caring for a child with a learning, social, or behavioral challenge, or a developmental disability? Do you suspect your child might have a developmental delay or special needs? Rethink is a free employee benefit that gives families 24/7 access to tools and resources to help you and your support team understand, teach, and communicate better with your child who has special needs. Rethink is 100% confidential and HIPAA compliant with no diagnosis needed and no age restrictions. It is not a part of your health plan so there are no fees or claims. Enroll here (code: beingwell). Questions about enrolling? Reach out to support@rethinkcare.com.

Fertility Benefits

Through your Kindbody benefit, you have access to fertility and family-building services like egg freezing, IVF, and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement. You’ll receive best-in-class care at clinics that are modern, warm, and welcoming, and have access to a dedicated Care Navigation Team – available to guide you through your journey and give you peace of mind, every step of the way. 

Pinterest covers up to 2 KindCycles per member per lifetime for fertility treatment services including in vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination (IUI), and egg/embryo/sperm preservation.

Pinterest will reimburse up to $20,000 to offset some of the costs associated with the surrogacy process.

If you’re building your family through adoption, you’re eligible for up to $10,000 in reimbursement for costs relating to the adoption like travel, medical, and legal fees. 

To learn more about our fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits, check out this member guide.

To start using your benefits, set up your account  here using Kindbody Access Code: KINDPINTEREST and your Unique ID. Your Unique ID is your employee ID (found in Workday). Your spouse/domestic partner’s Unique ID is your employee ID + an ‘S’ at the end.

Surrogacy Assistance

Pinterest recognizes that families are formed in many different ways. With that in mind, the Surrogacy Assistance Program helps offset some of the costs associated with the surrogacy process. For more information please view the Kindbody member guide

Adoption Assistance

Pinterest recognizes that families are formed in many different ways. With that in mind, the Adoption Assistance Program helps offset some of the costs associated with the adoption process. For more information please view the Kindbody member guide

Gradual Return to Work after Parental Leave

Returning to work after parental leave can be a big change, which is why we offer a gradual return to work period of four weeks to ensure you have the proper time to ramp up and re-engage in your work. This optional program allows you to return to work part-time, working 1-4 days a week with full pay. You may only take one (1) gradual return to work period per birth, adoption or foster care placement. If you choose to not take all 20 weeks continuously, you may choose which leave block you will use the gradual return to work period. If you would like to take a gradual return, please align with your manager at least one month in advance of your return date. Learn more about gradual return here.

Mother’s Rooms

Pinterest provides on-site, hospital-grade Medela breast pumps in designated mother’s rooms in our San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Dublin and London offices. No need to tote your pump back and forth!

Cleo

Cleo provides personalized guidance as you navigate caring for your family. From the moment you begin thinking about growing your family to bringing your new baby home, through raising infants, toddlers and teens, and even caring for your adult loved ones, Cleo provides one-to-one, personalized guidance for your everyday moments to pivotal family decisions, and everything in between. All services through Cleo are free and available to both employees plus their partner or family support person. Visit hicleo.com/activate to sign up today and get started.

UrbanSitter Membership & Credits

Need a sitter? We’ve got you covered with a one-year UrbanSitter membership and $50 credit!

Milk Stork

Milk Stork is a benefit for Pinterest’s parents, who are bodyfeeding/producing human milk, in support of their business travel. Milk Stork is the first-ever human milk shipping company for business traveling Pinterest parents. There is no cost to you! Get started here.

Create a Will or Trust

Ready to plan your estate? Get started with Rocket Lawyer.

Stay Connected

Connecting with other Pinployee Parents is easy! Join the #Moms #Dads and #Parents Slack channels to build your parenting community.

Time Off

We all need time off to relax, recharge and discover and do what we love. At Pinterest, we offer various options depending on the reason for your time away.

Vacation

For salaried employees, we have a non-accrued vacation policy, which means we don’t accrue time off, and there isn’t a set number of hours of vacation time available. See full policy here.

Hourly employees receive 15 days of paid vacation per year, accruing 5 hours per pay period. Vacation hours are tracked on timesheets. See full policy here.

If you’re considering taking a vacation, notify your manager and peers, and agree upon time before taking off. Vacation should not be used in place of sick days or a leave of absence.

Sick Time

If you’re not feeling well, we encourage you to stay home, rest and get better! Pinterest provides sick time to be used for short term illnesses (including COVID-19) or to be taken as mental health days. See full policy here.  Pinterest will also pay for public emergency leave, which includes any Covid-19 related reasons and leave as required under applicable local ordinance. 

If your illness lasts more than 10 consecutive work days or you have an ongoing medical condition that caused you to miss 10 non-consecutive work days, please contact The Larkin Company, our leave administrator, to see if you’re eligible for a leave of absence: pinterestleaves@thelarkincompany.com. You can also complete this intake form to initiate with Larkin.

Salaried (exempt) employees should report sick days to sicktoday@pinterest.com with cc to manager.

Hourly (non-exempt) employees are provided with 10 sick days and should report sick days on their timesheets for manager approval.

Bereavement Leave

Pinterest is here to support you should you need some time away to grieve a loss of someone close to you including a pregnancy loss. For more details, please visit the bereavement time off policy.

Holidays

Pinterest observes the following US Holidays.

2024 HolidaysDate Observed
New Year’s Day (Observed)January 1
Martin Luther King Jr. DayJanuary 15
Presidents’ DayFebruary 19
Memorial DayMay 27
JuneteenthJune 19
Independence DayJuly 4
Labor DaySeptember 2
Indigenous Peoples’ DayOctober 14
Veterans DayNovember 11
Thanksgiving DayNovember 28
Day after ThanksgivingNovember 29
Christmas Day (Observed)December 25
Year-end BreakDecember 26
Year-end BreakDecember 27
Year-end BreakDecember 30
Year-end BreakDecember 31
2025 HolidaysDate Observed
New Year’s Day (Observed)January 1
Martin Luther King Jr. DayJanuary 20
Presidents’ DayFebruary 17
Memorial DayMay 26
JuneteenthJune 19
Independence DayJuly 4
Labor DaySeptember 1
Indigenous Peoples’ DayOctober 13
Veterans DayNovember 11
Thanksgiving DayNovember 27
Day after ThanksgivingNovember 28
Christmas Day (Observed)December 25
Year-end BreakDecember 26
Year-end BreakDecember 29
Year-end BreakDecember 30
Year-end BreakDecember 31

Commuter Benefits

Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits and Subsidy

Getting to and from work shouldn’t break the bank. Our commuter benefits plan lets you contribute up to $300/month in pre-tax money to pay for eligible parking and transit expenses.

If you’re an employee working 24+ hours/week, you’re eligible for a $150/month subsidy toward your commuter expenses. This is how it works:

  • Enroll at www.wageworks.com and login or register as a new user. Pro tip: use the zip code you had in Workday when you first became a Pinployee!
  • Elect Transit or Parking commute options. For example:
    • If you elect $400/month for parking
    • Pinterest subsidizes $150 of the cost
    • Payroll will take $150 from your paycheck on a pre-taxed basis and $100 on a post-tax basis

Please note: The subsidy can apply to either transit or parking orders but no more than $150 between both elections. You must sign up by the 10th of the month, to start contributing for the following month. (Example: You must sign up by March 10, to use the benefit in April.)

If you have any questions, please contact WageWorks/HealthEquity at 1 (877) 924-3967.

Leave of Absence

If you’re considering a leave of absence, you can find detailed resources here to help you get prepared with the information you need, and make sure you understand what to do next.

The Larkin Company is our leave of absence administrator in the US and Canada – you can contact them about your leave eligibility by email at pinterestleaves@thelarkincompany.com, or can complete this intake form to initiate your leave of absence. Whenever reasonably possible, is expected that you inform your manager and initiate your leave at least three months prior to the start of your leave.

Note: Employees on leave should not be performing work for Pinterest. Using your LOA time for its intended purpose (e.g. baby bonding, medical recovery, etc.) is important for both you and Pinterest. If you have concerns that you are being required to perform work on your leave, please contact peoplecare@. 

Parental Leave

Pinterest provides 20 weeks full pay for parents to bond with a newborn or a newly adopted child. Birthing parents can take time off prior to birth due date as needed with physician certification and receive at least 26 weeks of time off post birth (including 6 weeks of postpartum recovery). Learn more here.

Gradual Return to Work after Parental Leave

Returning to work after parental leave can be a big change, which is why we offer a gradual return to work period of four weeks to ensure you have the proper time to ramp up and re-engage in your work. This optional program allows you to return to work part-time, working 1-4 days a week with full pay. You may only take one (1) gradual return to work period per birth, adoption or foster care placement. If you choose to not take all 20 weeks continuously, you may choose which leave block you will use the gradual return to work period. If you would like to take a gradual return, please align with your manager at least one month in advance of your return date. Learn more about gradual return here.

Family Care Leave

To support our employees, Pinterest provides up to 12 weeks of full pay should you need to care for a seriously ill family member (parent, child, spouse/domestic partner, domestic partner’s child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild or a parent-in-law) or for a child under the care of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) post-birth. Learn more here.

Military Leave

Military leave is time off for a military member who is on active duty or called to active duty status in support of a contingency operation or to care for a family member who is on active duty in the military (or was on active duty within the past 5 years) and sustained a serious illness or injury while on active duty. Pinterest provides 26 weeks of full pay.

Medical Leave

Medical leave provides time off for your own serious health condition. Learn more here.

Personal Leave

A personal leave is unpaid time off due to personal reasons. You can request to take up to 90 days of unpaid leave after one year of service and 2 levels of manager approvals. 

Note: Managers, please do not approve personal leave of absence until after you have had a conversation with our HRBP. 

Personal leaves are not job protected and equity vesting is paused while you’re on leave. Pinterest will continue your benefits coverage up to 90 days.

Jury Duty Leave

Jury duty time off allows employees to fulfill their civic responsibilities by serving on a jury or as a witness when required. Pinterest provides 12 weeks of full pay per calendar year for witness and jury duty time off. Additional time off beyond 12 weeks will be unpaid, except as required by law.

Bereavement Time Off

Should you experience a loss of a family member, including a pregnancy loss, you can take up to 4 weeks of time off to grief for the loss. Please refer to the Bereavement Leave policy for more details.

Reasonable Accommodations

To support our employees, Pinterest will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations in an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee to allow that person to perform the essential functions of the job, unless undue hardship would result. Pinterest will also make reasonable accommodations for an applicant or employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs, observances and practices unless undue hardship would result. Please check out the Reasonable Accommodation Policy here for full information. To discuss a reasonable accommodation please contact the People Experience team: peoplecare@pinterest.com.

For You Fund

We are thrilled to share that effective January 1, 2024, we are expanding your quarterly $150 professional development allocation (fka Development Dollars) to include your wellness expenses! Whether you want to reimburse your massage or yoga classes or cover expenses related to your career development at Pinterest, it’s all possible through the new For You Fund.

For more information about the For You Fund,  and how to process reimbursements, check out the policy We will be handling all reimbursements through Espresa. If you have any questions around your expenses, please reach out to support@espresa.com

Donation Matching & Volunteering

Pinterest is committed to building a culture of giving back to the communities we live and work in. To enable this, Pinterest provides 40 hours of annual paid volunteer time off for community engagement opportunities to inspire action and help those in need, and also provides $30/hour of volunteer time recorded to give back to the cause of your choice. In addition, Pinterest matches personal donations on a 1:1 ratio up to $1,000 USD (or local currency equivalent) per employee per calendar year made to Eligible Donation Matching Recipients through Pinterest Gives.

Questions?

Please contact Collective Health at 1-833-834-1158 or access your Collective Health portal to send a secure message. Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Reach out to peoplecare@ or join us for office hours