Benefits & Culture
At Fred Hutch, we believe that quality of life is essential to building a rewarding career — and achieving our shared mission of advancing breakthroughs and saving lives. It starts with a supportive and collaborative workplace culture for all of our employees, from researchers and lab technicians to IT specialists and electricians. It means going to work at a beautiful 15-acre lakeshore campus with state-of-the-art facilities, light-filled workspaces, tranquil courtyards and mountain views. Fred Hutch offers generous benefits that help our employees stay healthy and maintain a satisfying work-life balance.
Staff members run the Fred Hutch booth at the South Lake Union Block Party in Seattle
Waterfall in the Towne Courtyard next to the Thomas Building on Seattle’s Fred Hutch campus
Staffers represent Fred Hutch at the Seattle Pride Parade
Staff members run the Fred Hutch booth at the South Lake Union Block Party in Seattle
Waterfall in the Towne Courtyard next to the Thomas Building on Seattle’s Fred Hutch campus
Staffers represent Fred Hutch at the Seattle Pride Parade
Being at the Vanguard of Great Science
Time Away from Work
We offer generous bonding leave, sick leave, paid holidays, vacation and sabbatical opportunities.
Getting Here
Our employees commute to the Fred Hutch campus from throughout the region, and we want them to have the broadest array of safe, convenient and affordable transportation options. We are served by multiple Metro bus routes and the Seattle Streetcar, and we have monthly and daily onsite parking options. We also offer:
- Free parking for motorcycles and scooters
- Carpool and vanpool subsidies and ride-matching service
- Secure bike cages, shower facilities and on-campus bike repair
- Free shuttle to and from the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital
- Subsidized ORCA pass (bus, light rail, streetcar, water taxis and commuter trains) and ferry pass
- Free emergency taxi rides