VelocityEHS
VelocityEHS Compensation & Benefits
Frequently Asked Questions
VelocityEHS ensures pay and bonus plans are competitive by benchmarking all roles against industry data sources (Radford and Payscale). The company publishes defined pay bands with transparent earning potential, offers pay transparency, maintains a documented equal pay policy and runs multiple compensation audits each year to support equity in pay and promotion decisions. Offering a competitive rewards package reinforces a clear connection between impact and rewards.
VelocityEHS combines transparent leadership, regular feedback, clear expectations and structured career progression with a remote-first model designed around flexibility and work-life balance. The result is a workplace where employees can see how pay is determined, understand how to grow and feel recognized for the value they create.
VelocityEHS also conducts structured manager training that includes a full session on compensation. The training session offers transparency around the organization's pay practices and how to communicate compensation with employees. All employees have access to their specific job compensation band and are provided with that information on an annual basis in combination with our Total Rewards Statements.
VelocityEHS offers a competitive perks and benefits package and coverages a large portion of employee premiums. Employees are offered a choice of three medical plans; two PPO options and an HSA eligible HDHP. Access to dental, vision and other voluntary plans are also available. VelocityEHS employees receive generous PTO packages that include additional days for volunteering, reflection, and sick time. VelocityEHS values employee mental health and offers free access to several different free resources, including Modern Health.
VelocityEHS operates with a remote-first Work For All model that gives employees room to structure work around their lives, and that flexibility is reinforced with remote-work support, generous time off, parental leave, family-focused benefits and immediate health coverage. The overall package reflects a real investment in helping people stay healthy, supported and able to do meaningful work sustainably.
The VelocityEHS Total Rewards team conducts annual reviews of all benefits, benchmarking plans and perks annually against market data. Education sessions around perks and benefits are conducted during new hire training, annually during open enrollment, and periodically throughout the year. Additionally, employees receive Total Rewards Statements on an annual basis, which outline employee and employer contributions for all benefits.
VelocityEHS's perks and benefits show a culture that invests beyond compensation. VelocityEHS supports career growth through mentorship, continuing education, certifications, structured development paths and internal mobility, while also backing inclusion through employee resource groups, dedicated diversity and inclusion support, bias training and equal pay practices. Recognition programs, transparent pay bands and people-first policies round out a benefits experience that aligns closely with the company’s mission-driven, collaborative culture.
At VelocityEHS, our people come first. We offer meaningful compensation and benefits that support the whole employee, from flexible work and wellness challenges to growth opportunities, recognition programs, and vibrant employee resource groups. We’re serious about building an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive, make an impact, and feel part of something bigger.
What People Are Saying About VelocityEHS
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Leave & Time Off Breadth: PTO commonly ranges from roughly 17–32 days based on tenure, with separate sick days, paid holidays, volunteer time, a reflection day, and a one‑month sabbatical after 10 years. These provisions create meaningful flexibility for time away.
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Parental & Family Support: Paid parental leave includes 16 weeks for birth parents and 6 weeks for non‑birth parents, alongside a pre‑tax Dependent Care Account and company‑sponsored family events. These benefits extend family support beyond leave into childcare affordability.
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Healthcare Strength: Coverage includes multiple medical plan options (HDHP and PPOs), two dental plans with 100% preventive care, and a vision plan with low exam copays and frame/lens allowances. Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability and basic life insurance, plus access to a global mental‑wellness platform, strengthen the core package.
VelocityEHS's Benefits
Defined structured pay bands with transparent earning potential
Compensation bands for each role are benchmarked on an annual basis. Employees receive access to their pay bands in their Total Rewards Statements.
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Offers competitive compensation and rewards package
The Velocity EHS Total Rewards Team reviews benchmark data for both benefits and compensation in all regions on an annual basis.
Offers performance bonuses
All people leaders are a part of a management bonus program tied to company performance.
Provides home-office stipend for remote employees
Employees receive $100 per month to spend how they see fit to optimize their work from home experience.
Provides pay transparency
Hosts company-sponsored family events
Offers childcare benefits
VelocityEHS provides employees access to a pre-tax Dependent Care Account that can be used on childcare expenses.
Offers generous parental leave
VelocityEHS has increased their parental leave policy to 16 weeks of paid leave for birth parents and 6 weeks total of paid leave for non-birth parents.
Provides family medical leave
Offers dental insurance
VelocityEHS provides two dental plans for employees to choose from. All dental plans cover 100% of preventative care.
Offers dependent care
VelocityEHS offers employees access to pre-tax Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Offers Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
VelocityEHS allows access to pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts: Medical FSAs, Dependent Care Accounts, and Limited Purpose FSAs
Offers health insurance
VelocityEHS offers three medical plans for employees to choose from, including a HDHP and two PPO options. Medical coverage is offered through a nationwide network with affordable employee premiums.
Offers Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employees that are enrolled in the HDHP medical plan option have access to a Health Savings Account. VelocityEHS makes employer contributions to employee HSAs on a quarterly basis.
Offers immediate health care coverage on employee start date
Offers mental health benefits
VelocityEHS offers Modern Health to all of our employees, a global mental wellness platform that provides several modalities of care including counseling, coaching, and self-paced online courses.
Offers pet insurance
VelocityEHS provides employees access to pet insurance that includes a 10% discount (effective for the life of the policy, is portable).
Offers vision insurance
VelocityEHS provides one vision plan for employees. The plan covers annual eye exams for a $10 copay and has a generous allowance for Frames and Lenses.
Offers 401(K)
VelocityEHS provides employees access to a retirement plan that accepts both pre-tax and post-tax deferrals. Employees are able to direct their own investments.
Offers disability insurance
All full-time VelocityEHS employees receive company-paid Short-Term Disability (60% weekly, up to $1,500) and Long-Term Disability (60% monthly, up to $15,000) insurance.
Offers life insurance
All full-time VelocityEHS employees receive company-paid basic life insurance at 1x salary ($200,000 max).
Offers supplemental life insurance
Employees have the option to enroll in additional supplemental life insurance for themselves and their dependents.
Provides 401(K) matching
VelocityEHS 401(K) retirement plan matches 50% for the first 5% of employee contributions.
Provides hardship benefits
