Pinterest Benefits: For You Fund

Pinterest’s For You Fund is a way to continue investing in our employees and empower them to show up as their most inspired and authentic selves. The goal of this benefit is to support each employee’s personal wellbeing and career development. With a quarterly reimbursement, our team can take advantage of the For You Fund by purchasing items, activities or courses that align to career development, fitness, hobbies, self-care and more. 

How each person uses the For You Fund may vary based on their interests or personal and professional goals. We asked employees from across the business to share how they’ve utilized this benefit in unique ways and what makes it so impactful to their lives. Here’s what they shared with the Life at Pinterest team. 

Kate Michel, Engineering, San Francisco

My husband and I both work at Pinterest and we have been baking up a storm! We used the For You Fund to get a bunch of baking supplies and baked through the whole cookbook, "Bravetart". As our last recipe in the book, we baked a 4-layer salted caramel cake for our friends' birthday, which was a big hit!

Jillian Terry, Corporate Legal, Atlanta

I use the For You Fund for my fur baby's agility training. He loves it and now we are preparing for an agility trial in March.

Jamie Holwerda, People Experience, California

I used Pinterest's quarterly For You Fund towards the purchase of an Oura Ring. I'm obsessed with wearable tech, so I'm pretty excited to uncover the personalized insights and metrics, especially around sleep and stress! The hope is that my Oura Ring fans the flame of wellness long after that New Year effervescence has worn off.

Mike Costa, Engineering, Toronto

As a fan of sports and physical activities, I've used the For You Fund when replacing a broken hockey stick, upgrading my golf bag with a new 5 wood (and a few dozen new golf balls), and buying passes at a local rock climbing gym. The most common expense so far is definitely green fees, since I try to get out at least once a week when the courses are all open!

Michelle Vu, Engineering, San Francisco

The For You Fund has really inspired me to follow my long-time wish of crafting leather armor. I used the fund to take a leather armourcraft course and buy the leatherworking tools and materials needed to produce my first major piece, a leather cuirass! I've continued to use the For You Fund to expand my toolkit and am currently working on the matching shoulder armour (shout out to Black Raven Armoury for the class and pattern). It's been a really enjoyable and creative journey, and I love Pinterest for helping to fuel my interests!

Katie Iserson, People, Maryland

I am grateful to work for a company that prioritizes the personal well-being and development of their employees. I use the For You Fund quarterly to support my hobby of taking craft classes.  My most recent classes include a Punch Needle workshop and Sea Glass tree & flower creation. I utilize these classes to de-stress, and focus on my wellness, while having a great time!  

Josh Liptak, IT Systems Engineering, New York

The For You Fund has been such an awesome benefit for me! Two constant expenses in my life are books and my gym membership. Being able to use this fund for books means I can get as many as I want, guilt-free (this covered 20 books for me last year...don’t ask how many I paid for out of pocket). And it covered my gym membership! I even bought an under-the-desk treadmill using the Q3 fund, which has been a wonderful place to store more books. Thanks, For You Fund!

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