Zappos

Zappos employees are treated like royalty–the online shoe and clothing retailer has one of the coolest office environments around. Perks include an on-site gym, cafe, bistro, arcade, touch-screen elevator games, gift shops (one internal, one public), dog-friendly workspaces (and includes a dog-walking service), and scheduled monthly professional amenity services such as manicures, car washing, and art therapy. Also offered are life coaching, karaoke, pajama-themed office days, parades, and much more.

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Etsy

With a dog-friendly office environment, views of the outdoors highlighting the New York skyline, dedicated meditation area, fully stocked kitchens on every floor (with Kombucha on tap!), family-style catered lunches, and an environmentally friendly HQ, Etsy’s Brooklyn, NY office has plenty of luxuries.

Also available to employees are Etsy Labs, where they can use crafting supplies, looms, and a 3D printer, and Etsy School, where they can take classes taught by fellow employees to learn about knitting, floristry, computer coding basics, and more.

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Amazon

Amazon employees are encouraged to bring their dogs to work–the Seattle HQ has over 6,000 registered dogs who tag along to work with their owners.

In addition to receiving generous benefits like medical, dental, and vision plans, employees can also take advantage of financial counseling and planning, adoption assistance and paid parental leave, and education assistance through Amazon’s Career Choice Program.

The tech titan has uniquely designed offices in 30 countries, all of which feature whiteboards in the elevators and open spaces for spontaneous meetings with the idea of fostering an environment of creativity and collaboration.

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Netflix

Fostering an open and honest work environment for employees–and one that provides lots of freedom–the company offers: Unlimited paid time off and a very generous and flexible paid parental leave policy that allows new parents to take up to a year off to care for their bundle of joy. Netflix’s culture is also a draw; its core principles include: Communication, courage, inclusion, integrity, passion, selflessness, and innovation.

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Zillow

Unlimited time off, treadmill desks, wine and beer available in the office, catered lunches… it’s all there for Zillow employees. The biggest way the company looks out for staff is through its perks for parents: Employees get up to 24 weeks of fully paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and the company will even ship breast milk overnight for free to mothers who work for them when they’re traveling.

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Missing Link

tThis designer of company presentations has an interesting setup in its Johannesburg, South Africa office, which includes: An arcade-on-steroids-like environment featuring a shooting gallery. Missing Link also offers a few times a year on-site tattoos for employees and customers by professional tattoo artists.

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