Academia.edu
Academia.edu Inclusion & Diversity
What People Are Saying About Academia.edu
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Mission & Purpose: The company positions accelerating research as its core mission and has expanded into open‑access journals, creating purpose-driven work in scholarly communication. Operating at large scale with a widely used platform reinforces a sense of impact for those motivated by research access.
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Benefits & Perks: Benefits include 100% employer‑paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents, generous vacation and holidays, paid parental leave, and a six‑week sabbatical every four years. Additional perks span flexible schedules, hybrid support with WFH stipends, equity/401(k), and dedicated professional development budgets.
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Autonomy: A small, focused San Francisco–based team structure emphasizes visible impact per person and fast iteration. Engineers and product roles often own end‑to‑end shipping of user‑facing features with broad scope.
Academia.edu's Benefits
Hiring practices promote diversity
We make sure to have representation on hiring panels. For select roles we "batch" interviews - the process moves more slowly but it ensures we have a diverse set of candidates at each stage.
Mandated unconscious bias training
Annual mandatory unconscious bias training.
Offers diversity-based Employee Resource Groups
Quarterly enrollment for our diversity and inclusion resource group.
