Redfin

• We choose 3-4 quarterly goals for ourselves that do not necessarily relate directly to business goals, but rather are stepping stones to make us more well-rounded professionals.
• Glenn (CEO) actually holds entrepreneurship seminars on a monthly basis to teach us how to start our own companies. (Crazy, right?)
• Glenn wants us all to feel like we can make an impact, even outside of Redfin, and I think that level of investment in his employees fosters a deep level of respect, camaraderie, and passion in each of us.
• Dissent is encouraged, and everyone at this company has a voice and argues for the ideas they're passionate about--and raises concerns to peers, managers, and executives if we disagree with something.
• Upper management is constantly seeking feedback, trying to make Redfin a more enjoyable place to work.
• We fill out quarterly engineering surveys internally, and the CTO responds to all of our concerns in front of the company and takes on action items to address over the next quarter.
• Two hackathons each year are held to encourage us to meet new people within the company and to try to build and ship product ideas we're passionate about.
• Managers are decided (in part) by the employees who will be reporting to the manager; this is in contrast to other companies in the area where your manager is effectively chosen for you.
• Very transparent management shares detailed financial information with all employees as well as honest opinions on the company's short-term and long-term outlook.

Pay is not as competitive as some other big public companies in the area, but the tradeoff is that Redfin is a much more enjoyable place to work.

Keep up the good work! Thank you for trusting your teams to make the right decisions. (I don't need to give advice in this forum because our CEO solicits anonymous feedback every month and responds to every question and comment in front of the whole company in our monthly all-hands meetings.)