Build the future of income protection
Cushion is building the new standard of private layoff protection. We're a small, senior team working on one of the most important financial problems professionals face.
Remote team
Shipping week
Remote flow
First week
We’re a small team building private, portable income protection for the modern professional.
Clear expectations
You know what’s expected, what success looks like, and where your responsibility starts and ends. No guessing, no constant clarification.
Less noise, more work
Fewer unnecessary meetings, fewer interruptions, and more time to actually focus on meaningful tasks.
Room to grow
We support learning through real work, feedback, and responsibility — not just formal processes or empty development plans.
Work that holds up
We build systems and ways of working that don’t fall apart under pressure, growth, or change.
Trusted by people
Built on real operations, not promises
We started from a simple observation: talented people who did everything right were being blindsided by layoffs, with no private-market safety net to catch them. Everything we build is shaped by that mission — real protection, real payouts, real peace of mind.
How we work together
Focused work
Most of our time is spent doing deep, uninterrupted work. Meetings exist only when they are useful.
Shared context
Decisions are documented. Reasoning is visible. Nobody is left guessing.
Long-term mindset
We prefer solutions that remain understandable a year from now, not quick fixes.