PagerDuty
What's the Work-Life Balance Like at PagerDuty?
PagerDuty Employee Reviews
What People Are Saying About PagerDuty
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Recovery Time: Company‑wide programs like HibernationDuty and periodic Wellness Days create synchronized downtime and encourage full disconnection. Generous PTO and paid volunteer time add further space for rest when needed.
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Remote or Hybrid Flexibility: A hybrid/remote model with team‑set in‑office cadence (often just a few days per month in hubs) supports managing personal commitments and time zones. Roles with remote options and flexible scheduling are highlighted as part of normal practice.
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Burnout Prevention: Published on‑call playbooks emphasize humane rotations, alert hygiene, follow‑the‑sun coverage, and blameless learning to reduce stress. Guidance around reducing alert fatigue and providing true off‑call and cool‑down time signals an explicit prevention mindset.
PagerDuty's Benefits
Allows employees to take a day off for their birthday
Employees receive one floating holiday per year to be used on either their Dutonian Day (work anniversary) or their birthday.
Offers generous PTO
Offers paid volunteer time
20 hours per year!
Provides bereavement leave
Provides floating holidays
Provides paid holidays
Provides paid sick days
Provides wellness days
Paid days off in addition to holidays - plus an annual end of year shutdown: "HibernationDuty."
Utilizes company-wide vacation
Monthly midyear Wellness Week!
Has employee-led culture committees
Offers company-sponsored happy hours
Our offices are stocked with various alcoholic beverages for our employees to enjoy together.
Offers company-sponsored outings
Offers Employee Resource Groups
Offers wellness programs
Our wellness program, supplementary to our healthcare plans, includes extra days off to focus on rest and relaxation. We also provide access to mobile apps to help with meditation, exercise, and more.
Partners with nonprofits
PagerDuty’s social impact arm, PagerDuty.org was launched in 2019 and delivers technology, funding, and volunteer support to help mission-driven organizations improve lives everywhere.
Provides onsite meditation space
Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community
As a Pledge 1% Partner, PagerDuty provides employees with 20 hours a year to volunteer for causes they care about. Additionally, we incorporate volunteerism into our events, offsites, and investments.
Offers a remote work program
Functional teams each set their own expectation - and that expectation is clear from day one of the interview process! Employees located in PagerDuty hub work in-office 1-4 times a month, on average.
Utilizes a flexible work schedule
As a hybrid, global workforce, we offer flexibility and trust our team to deliver results. We set our working hours in Slack and Google Calendar, and respect each other's schedules and time zones.
Utilizes a hybrid work model
