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1,000 employees
Structured Hybrid

Planet Labs PBC designs, builds, and flies its own fleet of Earth-imaging satellites, which photograph the planet's landmass every day, and sells the resulting imagery and geospatial analytics. Founded in 2010 by former NASA scientists, it is a public benefit corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with offices across the United States and Europe.

Planet's Remote Policy

Planet publishes no remote or hybrid policy on its careers page. Two company-authored statements set the frame. Its annual report says:

"Many of our employees work remotely and we have adopted internal policies around flexibility, work from home expenses, and extra time off."

And the same sentence opens every open job posting:

"Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands."

The operative policy is the per-role cadence line further down each posting, and it is a structured hybrid. Around six in ten postings say a version of "This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week." About one in ten requires five days a week in an office.

Read the remote postings carefully: most of them carry the line "If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week." Only a handful are remote with no office condition attached. Check the cadence sentence on the specific job before you apply.

Benefits & Perks

Health & Wellness

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Health Insurance

US employees are covered by comprehensive medical plans and employees in Canada receive extended health coverage.

Dental Insurance

Dental coverage is included in the US medical plan and is offered to employees in Canada as extended dental coverage.

Vision Insurance

Vision coverage is part of the comprehensive US medical plan.

Health Savings Account (HSA)

US employees get a Health Savings Account with a company contribution, and employees in Canada get a Health Spending Account.

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

A flexible spending account sits alongside the health plan for pre-tax medical costs.

Life Insurance

Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment cover are provided, with supplemental life insurance available on top.

Disability Insurance

Planet provides both short-term and long-term disability cover.

Mental Health Benefits

Mental health support includes a company-paid Calm subscription on top of the counselling available through the assistance program.

Employee Assistance Program

An employee assistance program focused on mental health gives employees confidential counselling and support.

Wellness Programs

Planet runs a wellness program for employees inside and outside the US, including massages onsite and virtual meditation and yoga classes that employees can join from anywhere.

Fitness Stipend

Fitness subsidies and a ClassPass membership are offered as part of the wellness benefits.

Financial

5

Equity / RSUs

Equity is granted across the company and vests over four years with a one-year cliff, then monthly.

Commuter Benefits

Commuter benefits are available to employees who live near a Planet office.

401(k) / Retirement Plan

A 401(k) retirement plan is offered in the US, and employees in Canada are enrolled in an RRSP.

401(k) Match

Employees in Canada receive a company contribution to their RRSP retirement plan.

Pay Transparency

Planet publishes salary ranges on its US job postings across three geographic tiers: San Francisco, New York City plus California, and a US national band.

Time Off

5

PTO / Vacation

Paid time off covers vacation and personal days, and sits on top of public holidays and company-wide days off.

Paid Holidays

Public holidays are paid and are counted separately from the vacation allowance.

Company Shutdown Days

Planet closes for company-wide days off that come on top of vacation and public holidays.

Bereavement Leave

Bereavement leave is available following the death of a family member.

Flex Fridays

Planet gives every employee one extra Friday off almost every month under its flex-Friday policy.

Remote & Equipment

3

Home Office Stipend

Every Planet role comes with a home office reimbursement, including the fully in-office positions.

Internet Stipend

Planet reimburses phone and internet costs on a monthly basis for all employees.

Company Offsites / Retreats

Offsites bring the team together in person, which matters at a company with staff spread across two continents.

Family & Care

1

Parental Leave

US employees receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and paid family leave is offered to parents outside the US under local policy.

Professional Growth

3

Learning & Development Budget

Planet reimburses tuition and gives employees access to LinkedIn Learning for ongoing skill development.

Mentorship Program

Planet runs mentorship programs as one of the ways employees grow and develop in role.

Defined Career Pathways

A job architecture program sets out how careers progress at Planet and gives employees a shared frame for career-growth conversations.

Culture & Perks

5

Volunteer Time Off

Through Pledge 1%, employees can give up to 32 hours (four days) of paid time per calendar year to community causes, taken one day per quarter.

Employee Recognition Awards

Planet runs formal recognition programs for employee contributions.

Team Events & Social Budget

Happy hours and company-sponsored outings run alongside the offsite programme.

Employee Resource Groups

Diversity-based employee resource groups give employees with shared backgrounds a formal support network.

Charity Matching

Planet matches employee charitable contributions, alongside the Pledge 1% paid volunteering allowance.

Tech Stack

JavaScript & Libraries

React
Emotion
Chakra UI
Redux
Node.js

Frameworks

Next.js
Django
Numpy
Pandas
Pytorch
Tensorflow
Tensorrt
Scikit Learn

Databases

PostgreSQL
MySQL
Elasticsearch
Google Bigquery
Fivetran

Infrastructure

Webpack
Amazon S3
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Ansible
Argo Cd
GitHub

Web Servers

NGINX
Apache

CMS & Content

Sanity

Hosting

AWS
Google Cloud

Analytics & Monitoring

Google Analytics 4
Segment
Hotjar
Visual Website Optimizer
Sentry
Grafana
Prometheus
Opentelemetry

Advertising & Marketing

Marketo
Mailchimp
Pathfactory

Sales & CRM

Salesforce

Maps & Location

Mapbox

Integrations

Greenhouse
Slack
Okta
Google Workspace
Zendesk
Intercom
Mailgun
Box
68 technologies detected

Why Planet

Planet's public benefit charter sets a stated purpose: "to accelerate humanity toward a more sustainable, secure, and prosperous world by illuminating environmental and social change," and Planet publishes an annual impact report against it. It also runs a separate Planet Federal arm for US government work. The company owns its whole stack, designing and assembling the satellites, operating them, and running the platform that sells what they see, which is why a single job board carries opto-mechanical and manufacturing engineers next to platform software, data, and commercial teams.

The published culture is short and specific. Five one-line values sit on the careers page: Do good, Dream big, Drive for results, Be collaborative, Strive for openness. Planet describes its people as "a team of rocket scientists, software engineers, creatives, business strategists, and researchers" who "love breaking world records," and itself as "a community that is less about what you get, and more about what you give," with "a culture of generosity, responsibility and intentionality." There is no handbook, no how-we-work page, and no culture blog behind those lines, so the clearest signal about daily working life is the job postings, which state office cadence role by role.

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