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How do you bring together an organizational archipelago of data teams? Madison Swain-Bowden – Data Wrangler with Openverse at Automattic How do you bring together an organizational archipelago of data teams? How do you foster unity between data‑focused employees spread across a central division, various sub‑teams, and even individual team members wholly isolated from other…
One distinguishing feature of Automattic’s work culture is a team rotation, through which an individual can move from one team to another. A rotation can happen for a few reasons: to “try out” a new role and gain new skills, to backfill an understaffed team, or to cultivate cross-pollination and diversity across the company. Some rotations…
Five perspectives on working remotely in a company distributed across the planet.
A few of my colleagues — with tenures at Automattic from just a few months to many years — share their highlights of working here. Robert Felty Robert, you rejoined us a few months ago. What has been your highlight so far? I would like to focus on one aspect of Automattic which has been dramatically…
I asked my colleagues in India, the United States, the Netherlands, and Germany about how the COVID‑19 pandemic has affected them. They share how reducing their time online has helped them, and compare their experience at Automattic with those they had at companies that are not fully distributed. Anand Nalya Anand, how has COVID‑19 affected you…