What's the Company Culture Like at Vercel?

Vercel Employee Perspectives

As Vercel grows, the company is intentional about preserving the cultural strengths that helped it scale in the first place. Leaders focus on identifying what is already working, carrying those practices forward and refining the systems that help teams stay aligned as the business evolves.

“When you’re scaling as rapidly as Vercel is, there are going to be a lot of things that are working about your culture that you actually need to be thoughtful about ensuring you carry forward.” 
 

Jeanne Dewitt Grosser
Jeanne Dewitt Grosser, COO

Vercel’s culture emphasizes focus, craft and building with intention. Teams are encouraged to solve meaningful problems deeply, prioritize quality over surface area and create products that reflect a high bar for both technical execution and user experience.

“I like quality over quantity. I just like to build things that are amazing for fewer things.”

 

Guillermo Rauch
Guillermo Rauch, CEO and Founder

Vercel Employee Reviews

I had this sense this was a group of people that were some of the most fundamentally apolitical people I had met with, which has been true since arriving at the company.
 

Jeanne Dewitt Grosser
Jeanne Dewitt Grosser, COO
Jeanne Dewitt Grosser, COO

There’s a general understanding at Vercel that everybody here wants to do great work.
 

Logan Liffick
Logan Liffick, Design Engineer
Logan Liffick, Design Engineer

I’m empowered to make changes. When you’re empowered, you spend longer in that ideal state where more effort generates more impact.

Jay Gengelbach
Jay Gengelbach, Software Engineer
Jay Gengelbach, Software Engineer

Vercel's Benefits

Company or teams have recognition rituals for individual work

Employee feedback used to shape policies and strategy

Encourages autonomy and ownership from employees

Established employee awards to honor work and contributions

Managers give public shoutouts and celebrate employee milestones

Managers offer consistent feedback loops

Provides modern technology across teams

Transparent sharing of company-wide eNPS scores

Offers an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Offers company-sponsored outings

Offers Employee Resource Groups

Offers fitness stipend

Provides employees with ability to schedule focus-time blocks

Defined policies promoting a professional, respectful workplace

Defined values and mission statements

Leadership encourages open, transparent debate

Leadership is transparent and communicative

Mistakes are treated as learning opportunities

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Prioritizes real-world impact of work in decision-making processes

Promotes a strong in-person office culture