Our why

A great team is what drives the success of a company.

Companies need to continuously make good decisions to become and remain successful. Good decisions are made by great people when they have the context and feel empowered to make them.

That's why we focus on building a team of great people and creating a culture that enables them to make good decisions.

<aside> 📢 But we don't see it as a one-way-street. If the company benefits from a team of great people, each team member should equally benefit from working at the company.

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Here's how we want to create such a mutual beneficial relationship:

A flexible work environment that boosts team productivity and enables the individual

We enable people to structure their day & life individually and foster productivity when working

Many work environments insist on fixed working hours, require you to come to work in a loud open space office and spend there at least 40 hours per week. Such rigid rules kill productivity and puts many people at a disadvantage or worse, excludes them entirely, because they cannot or don't want to compromise on their private life.

We want to get rid of any rules that hinder productivity or make it harder for people to live their private lives. We don't want any of those outdated rules to prevent us from hiring and retaining great people.

We want to find those hidden champions that have outstanding impact but are not valued sufficiently in most work environments, because they might be most productive & happy if they work only 4 days a week, need to take care of a family member during "work" hours or simply want to combine their love for surfing with working by exploring the best surfing spots in Portugal for a month.

That's why we adopt the following guidelines:

• we offer the highest possible degree of personal flexibility while considering the overall productivity of the team
• we don't have fixed working hours or days - we work when we feel productive and find a balance between our private schedule/preferences with the needs for the company. We agree in our teams on when and how we best collaborate incl. time windows where we are available for meetings and other synchronous communication.
• we are fully remote - we can work from home, on the road or a rented office space
• there will be busy periods, where we work more. We compensate for it by working less on days or weeks following the busy periods.
• every role can be performed in part-time work.

Create a diverse team

We believe that diversity in our team is a desirable objective by itself.

In addition, diversity increases creativity by adding new perspectives and fostering a safe environment for all people to express their opinions and give open feedback. Which ultimately leads to better decision making across the team.

That's why we adopt the following guidelines:

• we value diversity and different life experiences as significant factor when making hiring decisions, because it increases the productivity of the existing team.
• we have no tolerance for brilliant assholes. No level of seniority in the organisation or extraordinary individual contributions will justify behaviour that is detrimental to other team members or our culture.