Seattle-based Mystery pivoted during the pandemic to a B2B event-facilitation model intended to boost employee engagement and morale at companies. The startup’s own morale is on the upswing now following… Read More
A crappy culture will surely slow any business down and make it more difficult to achieve goals and hit performance benchmarks. But that’s not the real problem. A toxic culture… Read More
Amazon says it plans to investigate allegations of discrimination and bias within its Amazon Web Services cloud computing unit after an employee petition criticizing the culture and seeking a probe… Read More
After a year in which the definition of “workplace” became especially fluid, our understanding of what makes for a great place to work shifted as radically as the physical spaces… Read More
In a bid to wow and win over customers, F5 Networks put a splashy Customer Engagement Center on the top floor of its gleaming new 48-story office tower in downtown… Read More
Lena Begun has been playing music since the age of 5. She attended a school for gifted children in Moscow and eventually received a masters degree from the Russian Academy… Read More
The wacky end-of-winter weather in Seattle, which neared 80 degrees earlier this week, apparently has the employees of one startup daydreaming about rooftop margaritas. Apptentive, an 8-year-old company that helps… Read More
Like any self-respecting Seattle workplace, especially those tied to tech these days, GeekWire is a dog friendly environment. Like any good dog, Scout was the best dog. Two years ago,… Read More
It’s a classic conundrum for coders: Sometimes you get so absorbed in what you’re doing that you hate being interrupted, and you can’t even stop to put up a “Do… Read More
Elena Donio takes workplace culture seriously. During her 18 years at Concur, serving as the company’s president for the last two years, she helped shape an open, comfortable culture that… Read More
[Editor’s Note: This post by Amazon employee Nick Ciubotariu, Head of Infrastructure Development, Amazon.com Search Experience, is reprinted here with the author’s permission. It’s a response to the the New York… Read More