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Welcome to Payactiv

An all-inclusive Financial Wellness team —
and now you're part of it.

Take a guided tour through the company you've just joined — our origin, what we believe, the leaders behind it, and exactly how to get going in your first week.

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$5B+
Wages moved on-demand
$400M+
Saved in predatory fees
B-Corp
Certified for impact
A note for you

Welcome to Payactiv. You're joining a team that has already moved more than $5 billion in wages into the pockets of the people who earned them — and saved workers over $400 million in predatory fees along the way.

Your work here will help millions of families bridge the gap between paydays, build savings, and feel less alone with money. That's the bar. Welcome aboard.

Chapter 01 — Our Story

We were built to give people their time and money back.

Payactiv is a financial wellness company on a mission to free people from the two-week pay cycle. Earned wages shouldn't be a privilege — they should be a basic right.

2012

An idea in San Jose

Founded on a simple, radical premise: workers should be able to access the wages they've already earned — without waiting two weeks for payday.

2017

Earned Wage Access goes mainstream

Payactiv becomes a category leader, partnering with employers across retail, healthcare, hospitality and manufacturing.

2020

Certified B-Corporation

Independently verified for our commitment to social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

Today

$5 billion and counting

Over $5B in wages moved, $400M+ saved for workers in predatory fees, and millions of lives changed — and we're just getting started.

How we're organized

Teams you'll work with.

Payactiv is built by a handful of tightly-knit teams. You'll meet most of them in your first month.

Product & Engineering

Builds the mobile app, EWA platform, and the rails that move billions safely.

Customer Success

Partners with employers to roll out Payactiv and keep workers thriving.

Worker Experience

Owns everything members touch — design, content, support, and the Pay Day Podcast.

Risk & Compliance

Keeps the platform safe, fair, and aligned with state-by-state regulations.

People & Culture

Hires, develops, and protects the team that makes the mission possible.

Finance & Operations

Funds the mission, models the impact, and runs the back office.

Where we work

Headquartered in San Jose. Wherever workers are, we're close by.

We're hybrid by default — most teams meet in person a few days a week, and many roles are fully remote. Our home base is the Bay Area.

San Jose, CA
Global HQ. Engineering, product, and executive teams.
Milpitas, CA
Operations and customer success hub.
Remote, US
Distributed teammates across every time zone.
Chapter 02 — Our Values

Five beliefs. One mission.

These aren't posters on a wall. They're the actual filters we use when we hire, build, and decide.

01

Workers first, always

Every decision is filtered through one question: does this measurably improve a worker's financial life? If not, we don't ship it.

02

Empowerment over paternalism

We don't lecture. We give people the tools, transparency, and trust to make their own choices.

03

Impact you can count

$5B in wages moved. $400M saved in fees. We measure what matters and publish the numbers.

04

B-Corp by conviction

Social and environmental performance aren't a side project — they're written into the company we are.

05

Built for the long arc

Financial wellness is a lifetime journey. We're playing a decades-long game, not a quarterly one.

How we work

Hybrid by default. Mission-aligned in practice.

We protect deep work, default to async communication, and meet in person when it matters. Inclusion isn't a policy line — it's how we run meetings.

Default to async

Docs over meetings. Loom over presentations. Respect every time zone.

Workers in the room

Every product review surfaces real member stories, not just metrics.

Bias to ship

Small, frequent releases beat big, perfect launches.

Open by default

Strategy, financials, and roadmaps are shared with the whole company.

Chapter 03 — Leadership

People who'd rather change an industry than coast in one.

The team setting the direction at Payactiv — and the standards you'll see show up in every meeting, ship, and customer conversation.

Safwan Shah

Safwan Shah

Founder & CEO

An engineer, physicist, and lifelong advocate for working families. Safwan founded Payactiv to attack the wait-for-payday problem at its root.

Sohail Aslam

Sohail Aslam

Co-founder & CTO

Leads the engineering teams building the platform that connects millions of workers to their earnings in real time.

Ijaz Anwar

Ijaz Anwar

Co-founder & COO

Runs the operations that move billions in wages safely, reliably, and on time — every single day.

Sridhar Ande

Sridhar Ande

Chief Financial Officer

Funds the mission and models the long-term impact of financial wellness at scale.

Mobeen Bajwa

Mobeen Bajwa

Chief Growth Officer

Brings Payactiv to the employers and workers who need it most — across every industry.

Tami Kilpatrick

Tami Kilpatrick

SVP, Sales & Client Services

Partners with the country's largest employers to roll out Payactiv and keep their teams thriving.

Candice Shih

Candice Shih

SVP, Legal

Keeps the platform safe, fair, and aligned with state-by-state regulations.

Michael Gregorio

Michael Gregorio

VP, Product

Owns the product experience that millions of workers touch every payday.

Kathy Sosnow

Kathy Sosnow

VP, Human Resources

Hires, develops, and protects the team that makes the mission possible.

Chapter 04 — Getting Started

Your first 30 days, made simple.

No guesswork. Here's exactly what to do, who to meet, and when — so you can spend your energy on the work that matters.

Day 1

Land softly

  • Pick up your laptop, badge, and welcome kit from IT
  • Set up email, Slack, Okta SSO, and 1Password
  • Lunch with your buddy — they'll find you
  • Read through this microsite end-to-end
Week 1

Get oriented

  • Attend New Hire Orientation (live, every Monday)
  • Install Payactiv app on your phone — yes, dogfood it
  • 1:1s with your manager and direct teammates
  • Complete compliance & security training in Workday
Weeks 2–3

Plug in

  • Shadow a customer success call
  • Join your team's working sessions and standups
  • Ship or contribute to your first small task
  • Sign up for a 'Coffee with leadership' slot
Day 30

Hit your stride

  • 30-day check-in with your manager
  • Own a meaningful piece of work end-to-end
  • Give feedback on your onboarding — we listen
  • Pick a B-Corp volunteer day to take this quarter
Benefits & perks

We practice what we preach.

We build financial wellness products — so naturally, we invest in yours.

Earned Wage Access

Use Payactiv for yourself — access your pay any day, fee-free.

Health, dental, vision

Comprehensive medical coverage from day one.

401(k) with match

Plan for the long arc. We match employee contributions.

Flexible time off

Take the time you need. Recharged people ship better work.

Parental leave

Generous paid leave for new parents — birthing and non-birthing.

B-Corp volunteer days

Paid time off each quarter to give back in your community.

Learn the ropes

Training that actually helps.

Required for everyone in your first 30 days. The rest you can stack as you grow.

New Hire Orientation

Required

Live, every Monday. Two hours that cover mission, product, and how we work.

Security & Compliance

Required

Annual training on data handling, privacy, and our regulatory commitments.

Product Deep Dive

Required

How EWA, savings, bills, and discounts actually work — from a worker's POV.

Inclusive Hiring

For anyone who'll interview candidates. Live workshop, twice a quarter.

Storytelling for Impact

Optional craft session for anyone who writes for members or partners.

Leadership Lab

Six-week cohort for people managers — apply once per year.

Good to know

Policies in plain English.

The full handbook lives in Notion. Here are the ones you'll reach for first.

Code of Conduct

How we treat each other, members, and partners. Zero tolerance for harassment.

Data & Member Privacy

Member data is sacred. Access is logged. Share with care — and only with reason.

Expenses & Travel

Spend like it's your own money. Approve in Brex. Submit within 30 days.

Working with Vendors

All new vendors go through security and procurement review — start early.

PTO & Sick Leave

Flexible PTO. Take it. Mark your calendar. Your manager has your back.

Quick reference

The tools you'll live in.

Bookmark these. Single sign-on through Okta means one password to rule them all — set it up properly on day one and your life gets easier.

People & HR
Workday — benefits, PTO, payroll
Communication
Slack workspace — #welcome, #all-payactiv
Docs & Wiki
Notion — playbooks, policies, team pages
Identity & Access
Okta — single sign-on for all tools
IT Support
#help-it on Slack or it@payactiv.com
Office
Headquarters: San Jose, California
Who to ask

People to know on day one.

Save these contacts. Asking the right person early saves you days later.

Your buddy
Assigned in week one. Your no-stupid-questions friend.
Your manager
1:1 weekly. Career, priorities, blockers.
People team
people@payactiv.com — benefits, PTO, anything HR.
IT Help
#help-it on Slack — laptops, access, accounts.
Security
security@payactiv.com — report anything suspicious.
Office of the CEO
Coffee with leadership — invite lands in week three.
Our mission

A mission you'll feel on day one.

Every line of code, every customer call, every product decision at Payactiv ladders up to the same question: does this help a worker take control of their financial life?

If the answer is yes, we ship it. As of today, that bar is yours too.

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Payactiv

Financial wellness, on-demand. Built in San Jose, California — empowering workers everywhere.

Impact

  • $5B+ wages moved
  • $400M+ saved for workers
  • Certified B-Corp

Headquarters

  • San Jose, California
  • United States
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