Share Local Media

HQ
New York
90 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What's the Work-Life Balance Like at Share Local Media?

Updated on May 27, 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Workload Sustainability

Share Local Media ensures sustainable workloads and work-life balance by (setting company-wide norms around working hours, monitoring capacity in resource planning, and encouraging full PTO use. Share Local Media wants to provide a healthy pace of work, reasonable expectations, and a balance between personal and professional life. 

Employees highlight managers respecting boundaries, clear prioritization of work, and reasonable project timelines as reasons workload feels manageable. 
 

What People Are Saying About Share Local Media

  • Remote or Hybrid Flexibility: Company materials outline a New York–centered hybrid rhythm (about three days in office) with some roles fully remote and a U.S.-distributed team with meetup opportunities. Feedback suggests this setup enables location flexibility while maintaining collaboration.
  • Time Off Access: Published benefits include unlimited/flexible PTO, paid holidays and sick days, generous paid parental leave, summer hours, and restricted work hours. Feedback suggests policies are paired with explicit encouragement to take time off.
  • Sustainable Pace: Stated norms cover reasonable working hours, capacity monitoring in resource planning, clear prioritization, and reasonable timelines. Feedback suggests these practices are intended to maintain a manageable cadence.

Share Local Media's Benefits

Offers a flexible time off policy

Offers generous PTO

Offers paid volunteer time

Provides bereavement leave

Provides paid holidays

Provides paid sick days

Utilizes an Unlimited PTO policy

Offers company-sponsored happy hours

Happy hours are hosted monthly.

Offers company-sponsored outings

Offers fitness stipend

Offers wellness programs

Partners with nonprofits

We have added a QR Code to all shared mail envelopes to make it easier for people to donate to Village Enterprise, a non-profit dedicated to ending extreme poverty in rural Africa.

Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community

Offers a remote work program

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the team is working remotely, but we have an office in FiDi that is open and usable for all employees.

Utilizes a flexible work schedule

SLM provides employees with a flexible work schedule - we trust our employees to get their work done.

Utilizes a hybrid work model

Utilizes a summer hours schedule

Utilizes restricted work hours