Free housing, free food, and a guaranteed girlfriend/boyfriend after one year—these are the compensations that a San Francisco-based company is offering to hire a founding engineer. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for many applicants, as no company—at least in India—promises a girlfriend or boyfriend after one year, while appraisals are often a distant reality. Anyways, if you find this opportunity interesting, you can head to Cluely’s website to apply for this job offer.
About the job offer
The job opening is from Cluely, an AI company building tools to help people cheat in every situation. This particular role, which offers a guaranteed girlfriend or boyfriend after one year of joining, demands six days a week of in-person work in San Francisco for 10–12 hours a day.
For many, this may sound like an unfair work environment, as even in India, corporate employees typically work nine hours a day for five days a week. However, the role offers compensation that can be a strong motivation in itself.
Compensation and benefits
Apart from this, the company will also provide free housing, but the employee will be living in a block near the office. Additionally, the job offers a salary of $250k–$350k (Rs 2.33 crore–Rs 3.26 crore) base, along with 0.25–0.5% equity.
Role requirements
In terms of requirements, the company states that applicants must be among the best engineers in the world. The role also demands technical knowledge, details of which are available on the job offer page on its website.
Company’s unconventional culture
However, this is not the first time the company has used the idea of a girlfriend or boyfriend to grab headlines. Earlier, in August 2025, Cluely CEO Chungin “Roy” Lee unveiled a “company-wide policy” that rewards employees with $500 every time they successfully refer a date for one of their colleagues.
At the time, Lee wrote in a LinkedIn post, “Dating is, and will always be, an important part of our culture until we are all happily married.”
Cluely is best known for its quirky productivity tools and its “cheat on everything” philosophy, which essentially means breaking old habits and experimenting with new methods. The startup has been grabbing headlines for both its unconventional products and its unapologetically unfiltered company culture.
