Instacart

Instacart calls its working model Flex First, and the default really is flex.

They are have a written committment to removing biases around office based work stating, "Regardless of how you choose to work, Instacart is committed to providing an equal playing field for everyone. We're focused on removing office-centricity and proximity bias in everything we do and providing consistent career opportunities for all employees, no matter where they're based."

The culture frames itself as "Go Far Together," with a stated belief that you'll do in two years what might take five at another company. That pace shows up in the work: a Ruby and Python backend supporting a marketplace at scale, with AI integration through Anthropic, OpenAI, and Model Context Protocol surfaces shaping how the team builds efficiently.

Tenure gets a deliberate reward in the Four Year Fill-Up, which is a sabbatical of four consecutive weeks around four years of service.