GumGum

HQ
Santa Monica
Total Offices: 2
500 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What's the Company Culture Like at GumGum?

GumGum Employee Reviews

GumGum offers an array of programming to encourage connection amongst our GumGummers. From wellness experiences, which include virtual sound baths and meditations to in-person events like mixers, team-building activities, and dinners with our Leaders, there is something for everyone to enjoy throughout our global GumGum community.
Sheena Deans
Sheena Deans, Experiential and Social Media Marketing Lead
Sheena Deans, Experiential and Social Media Marketing Lead

What People Are Saying About GumGum

  • Collaborative & Supportive Culture: Colleagues are often described as friendly, welcoming, and eager to help, making it easy to feel included and put your best work forward. Feedback suggests approachable leaders provide tools and support, and cross‑department collaboration is encouraged.
  • Fun, Rituals & Connection: The company invests in wellness experiences, team‑building mixers, leadership dinners, volunteering, and open hackathons that invite contributions beyond job titles. Feedback suggests these recurring touchpoints help maintain connection in a hybrid‑flexible setup.
  • Recognition, Pride & Shared Success: Many accounts highlight feeling appreciated and seen, with structures like engagement surveys and celebration moments reinforcing that contributions are noticed. Feedback suggests supportive teams and leadership make it easier to feel welcome and take pride in work.

GumGum's Benefits

Quarterly engagement surveys to gauge employee satisfaction

Has employee-led culture committees

Offers company-sponsored happy hours

Offers company-sponsored outings

Includes wellness experiences, which include virtual sound baths and mediations, to in-person events like mixers, team-building activities, and dinners with our leaders.

Offers Employee Resource Groups

Offers team workouts

GumGum offers monthly virtual fitness classes via our GumGum Fit program.

Partners with nonprofits

GumGum partners with HomeBoy Industries, The Trevor Project, The Ali Forney Center, Sparkle, The National Transgender Community (UK), Crisis in Ukraine, etc. GirlsWhoCode, She Jumps, Black Girls Code.

Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community

GumGum has a program called "Quarterly Causes" which focuses the power of the GumGum community on making an impact in one charitable cause each quarter including food banks, beach clean up, etc.

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility

Utilizes a flexible work schedule

GumGum provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes Flexible start and end times.

Utilizes a hybrid work model

Utilizes a summer hours schedule