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StumbleUpon is all about discovery, and if you happen to stumble upon the company's San Francisco headquarters, you'll have plenty to see.
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The tailored web-crawling platform currently has more than 20 million users performing more than 1.2 billion "Stumbles" per month. All that stumbling means the company needs a big team to keep things running smoothly.
Its San Francisco office houses nearly 120 employees, ranging from software architects to designers, spread out over three floors. The space is open and lofty -- the bullpen of desks is out in the open, and those seeking privacy can take advantage of meeting rooms scattered throughout the office.
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Since StumbleUpon is all about uncovering great stuff from the Internet, all of the conference rooms in the building are named after great inventors -- complete with tchotchkes related to the person's discoveries. The Edison room, for instance, contains baskets of light bulbs, while the Pasteur room includes a working microscope with slides.
Aside from decor, StumbleUpon goes above and beyond with perks, too. Benefits for employees include catered breakfast and lunch everyday, unlimited drinks and snacks from the company fridge, and a $100 Uber credit to use each month for transportation. Stressed? A massage therapist visits the office every two weeks to provide free massages. As for interpersonal activities, employees can participate in the ongoing pool tournament on the company's billiards table, March Madness, Fantasy Football and the yearly Hack Week, during which employees work together on new ideas they're passionate about. The winning team from the most recent Hack Week walked away with new iPads.
You can tell from walking around the office that everyone who works there really loves StumbleUpon, a point driven home by many of the people we talked to when we visited. “There aren't people here just to get a paycheck,” says Erica Mead, senior design lead at StumbleUpon. “People who work here love StumbleUpon and are 'stumbling' on their way to work.”
Mashable took a our into StumbleUpon's San Francisco office -- check out the digs in the gallery below.
Engaging Office Life
"This is the first job I've ever had where it is fun to go to work everyday." - Jack Karwczk, Sr. Product Marketing Manager.
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