Silicon valley style of mindset, work, and perks - werkgeversreview Marketing bij SmartOwner Services

I joined SmartOwner after a long run at an MNC, and despite all the usual reservations about joining a small company, I can now say with the benefit of hindsight that it turned out to be an excellent decision. I was looking for a place with more energy, a faster pace of work and ideas, a constant desire for innovation, and a flat organizational structure, and SmartOwner is all of these things. I could walk into the CEO’s office at any time to pitch ideas directly, and no ideas are too impossible to attempt developing into a workable model. Productivity and output are prioritized over qualities that usually end up being important in MNCs, like networking and projecting the right image. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the use of objective criteria encountered first in the interview process is a common theme here that continues even for the periodic and annual HR appraisals. Like every company, I don’t think this place is for everybody. I personally found the following pros very appealing, and the cons very acceptable Pros · Start-up culture where new ideas are encouraged and fostered, along the lines of a ‘Google 20% Time’ · Strong Silicon-Valley inspired view towards never accepting the status quo and always looking for fact-based best practices, from tech platforms to even the sort of lighting and interior decoration to minimize stress or loss of productivity · A young and dynamic peer-group where people look like they actually enjoy, and are involved with, their work · A consistent theme of ‘self-improvement’. The in-house library and gym are great, and there is time set aside each day to be able to use them. There is even time set aside to pursue external online courses