Stripe

Active H-1B sponsor: filed 272 LCAs in FY2025 with ~99% approval rate and 217 USCIS petitions with 211 approved. Over FY2022–2024 filed 851 LCAs and 153 green card labor certifications. The Collison brothers' immigrant backgrounds (both from Ireland on student visas) inform a company culture of supporting high-skilled immigration.

No DEI program rollbacks announced through 2025. Jobs page states: "We embrace diverse perspectives, ideas, and backgrounds at Stripe." Active ERGs include Equate, Rainbows, Black Stripes, Unidos, and Veterans @ Stripe. As a private company, Stripe has not faced the proxy-statement pressure that drove many Fortune 100 peers to roll back DEI.

Cut 300 employees (3.5%) in January 2024 in product, engineering, and operations. Notification mishap included PDF of a duck sent to some terminated employees.

Patrick Collison apolitical publicly. Stripe Atlas helps global entrepreneurs. But processes payments for controversial platforms.

Stripe processes payments for Israeli companies. Infrastructure neutral but involved in economy.

Stripe maintained diversity programs. Collison brothers pro-immigration. Global workforce.

Stripe Collison brothers Irish immigrants. Global workforce. Pro-immigration.

Stripe AI for fraud detection. Payment processing. Less controversial AI use case.

Remote-first company. No mandatory office days. Distributed workforce globally.

Laid off 14% of staff (1,100 people) in November 2022. CEOs wrote thoughtful memo, offered generous severance.

Stripe known for good culture. Collison brothers respected. But 14% layoffs in 2022 still hurt.

Stripe 14% layoffs handled well. Collison brothers letter praised. Generous severance.