The future of online learning starts with you
When you join OpenSesame, you join a remarkable team of innovators who genuinely care about making a difference through meaningful work. We’re a fully remote company who prioritizes our people and their development, so we can truly help our customers do the same.
A workplace where you can be yourself
Our differences strengthen our work, which is why we’re committed to inclusion across race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, and identity. Diverse voices are vital to both our expertise and our customer’s success. We work hard to foster a relaxed culture where everyone feels heard, respected, and valued.
Benefits at OpenSesame
Healthcare & family
Good healthcare is good employee care. We offer great health insurance and six weeks of paid family and medical leave.
Flexible PTO
Our PTO plan is designed to maximize employee choice and freedom.
401K
Our employer matching program includes personal financial advisors to maximize your long-term investment goals.
VTO
Every employee has one day of Volunteer Time Off to give back to their community.
Inclusion & ERGs
Our employee resource groups (ERGs) help build and strengthen our sense of community at OpenSesame.
Professional development
Learning is what we do. Every employee has 40 hours of professional development time a year, along with a generous ProDev budget.
Racial justice at OpenSesame
We want OpenSesame to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and the world we live in. For far too many decades, we have seen the discrimination, oppression, and pain that BIPOC communities have endured. America has not made enough progress to eradicate racism.
OpenSesame believes Black lives matter, and we’re committed to unlearning and dismantling the racist structures that are pervasive in our society today. We work with our employees, customers, business partners, and communities to use the powerful tools of training and education to eliminate racism.
We believe it is necessary, but not sufficient, to deconstruct the systems that perpetuate systemic institutional racism. We must also work to build self-sustaining systems that both prevent the resurgence of racism and accelerate the advancement of people of color.
We do not have all the answers, but we strive to make a difference. Our employees and leadership have made actionable commitments. We welcome you to learn more about our teams’ specific efforts to elevate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at OpenSesame.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts
Improving our DEI customer service and products
We’ve promoted DEI to a top-level category in our course catalog, are strengthening our courses by partnering with the top publishers; and are building out new tools and support resources to guide our customers.
Continuing to invest in our people
We’re identifying and eliminating workplace biases by working with a DEI professional focused on providing education across all teams and auditing our programs and processes.
We’re prioritizing equitable hiring and internal progression, focusing on recruitment and progression programs that ensure underrepresented communities have the access and empowerment they deserve.
And we’re helping our ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to cultivate an inclusive environment and meet the unique needs and issues of the diverse workforce at OpenSesame.
Supporting our community
OpenSesame has taken the TechTown PDX Diversity Pledge as a founding member along with 27 Portland, Oregon, tech companies. This is a unified movement toward achieving greater diversity and creating a more inclusive tech community in Portland.