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Open Vacation Policy? Does that mean Unlimited Vacation?
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —- The…
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Automattic’s 2017 Grand Meetup in Whistler
Automattic had their 2017 Grand Meetup in Whistler back in September (if you’re not sure what a Grand Meetup is Read this). This will be my third GM (it’s crazy to me how time flies), and Automattic’s biggest one yet as we’re now at over 600 employees. I feel like this year’s Grand Meetup was just…
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Celebrating 2 years at Automattic
Today is a really cool day because it marks my 2 year anniversary at Automattic. In many many ways… it still feels like I just started a few months ago. I still feel so new in that I’m always learning and have brilliant challenges ahead of me. In other ways, I feel like I’ve grown…
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Video Calls in Remote Work: Does hiding your own video make you more effective?
I was recently listening to this podcast called what Virtual CoWorking can teach virtual teams. One of the points that I found completely fascinating was that a small study was done, and showed that by hiding your own video on your display- makes you more effective/less distracted in video calls. If you’ve never done a video…
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An Inside peek into a Remote Team Meetup
My favorite days of remote working aren’t the days when I get to work by a pool, or even when I get to stay home all day working on my couch in my favorite sweatpants (as a really strong introvert, that’s saying a whole lot there). My absolute favorite days are when I’m on a…
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2016 Automattic Grand Meetup
I posted a ton of pictures of last year’s Grand Meetup here and posted my thoughts here. And just realized that I forgot to post them for the Grand Meetup we had back in October of 2016 (which was around 5 months ago). Wait, so what is a Grand Meetup? Automattic is a remote company, which means…
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How I became a Happiness Engineer at Automattic Part 3: Paid Trial at Automattic
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —- Part…
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How I became a Happiness Engineer at Automattic Part 2: The Interview Process
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —– Part…
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The schedule of a Happiness Engineer working in live chat
October 2024 Update: I worked at Automattic from 2015 to 2024 and once highly recommended it as a great place to work in these blog posts. However, recent legal developments and internal culture have led me to no longer endorse working there. I encourage readers to carefully research Automattic before deciding to apply. —– When…
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One year ago today…
One year ago I started my journey as a full-time employee at Automattic. Having the privilege of working on WordPress.com.
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How I became a Happiness Engineer at Automattic Part 1: Application Process
The story of how I applied to Automattic to become a Happiness Engineer and got hired.
