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For a productivity boost, you sometimes have to do a simple thing: change job. I did that and suddenly, without really having this goal in mind, I found myself in a place where at least three things are major shifts from the way I worked before and important factors for increased motivation and productivity:
- The strong belief in a product that “we want to conquer the world with.” I can hear this several times a week around me and we really believe it. We are encouraged to do everything with this goal in mind – conquering an international market with a product that will greatly help the people involved in group travelling. We have big challenges ahead, aims that are not achievable at this moment, but this reminds me about Google’s same way of working. Great just isn’t good enough.
- A stupendous office environment that we want to make even better. In no particular order of importance, first of all, it is the office itself. Sometimes you feel much better than at home. Stunning view – at the intersection of two big canals, with boats and geese passing along all the time. And inside, as relaxing and comfortable as the view outside*. Secondly, the charming city of Amsterdam and its people’s ways. And last but not least, the people in the office: they come from all over the world – we combine in our company’s DNA different genes from exceptional and very diverse people.
- A different set of values and beliefs. There is no focus to classify people into categories and to build a hierarchy. The managers and the meetings are at a premium . We are all peers here. We know about death by meeting. We believe in open source – we provide enterprise support for enterprise and we want to deliver to it. We believe in practicing sports. We believe in humbleness.
*pool, massage in the office, communication workshops, food and drinks, an international lunch and BBQ-s every week etc.
