Last year around this time (Autumn of 2020) we’d welcomed our seventh member of the marketing team to our department. Now, we’re four times that size, with plans on hiring more team members before the end of the year.
From a scrappy crew who wore many hats, to a unicorn herd of creative writers, designers, partner marketers, developers, PR professionals and operations specialists—we look a little different now (that’s an understatement).
What we’ve worked hard to keep throughWe are constantly
our expanding team is the culture we’ve built (and continue to build). I think that’s one of the most important parts of a good company culture. Flexibility. Understanding that what worked for a small team of 5, doesn’t necessarily work for a scaled team of 25.
ways to improve the experience for our Recharge team members. That hyper focus on bettering the lives of our company employees comes straight from the top.
During our biweekly Town Halls, Oisin O’Connor, Recharge’s Co-Founder & CEO, will often reiterate one of the founding principles Recharge was started with:
“We are dedicated to the success of our merchants, partners, and employees.”
Oisin O’Connor, Recharge Co-Founder & CEO
That’s not a tiered ranking. That is all three on equal footing.
Speaking from my own personal experience, this is the best culture I’ve ever been a part of. I’ve seen team mates consistently be recognized for their accomplishments. I’ve been granted opportunities to grow and empowered to create things never done here before (like our subscription ecommerce podcast, Hit Subscribe).
We’ve also been repeatedly encouraged to take care of our physical and mental health. To take meetings, if appropriate, while walking, to work when we feel most productive (a boon to a night owl like myself) and to actually take advantage of our unlimited PTO.
Here’s a list of more tangible examples of how we keep our culture here at Recharge as we’ve experienced hypergrowth:
Bi-weekly Town Halls bring the whole company together telegram data f or updates from SLT and departments as
well as concluding with an anonymous AMA.
We dedicate fifteen minutes before Town Hall for a new hire meet and greet that anyone in the company is encouraged to join.
We have dedicated remote-life stipends to cover health and wellness, coworking spaces, home office equipment and subscription products from our merchants.
Being a fully remote company we understand the impo a recent study launched by mckinsey & company r tance of team and company retreats so that team mates get a chance to meet each other in perso b2b reviews n and bond. Past locations for these have included Vail, San Diego, Seattle and Orlando.
Jack Perejuan – Data Analyst
My first day at Recharge coincided with the company’s first data