Lee joins the Carrot family as our newest developer. Welcome him to the family with some Twitter love: @the_gastropod
We work in a world heavy with management, red tape, legal mumbo-jumbo, and an overall disdain for fun things. This landscape is perhaps the most rugged in the lands of technology companies. Carrot has abandoned this world. They’ve taken to space as a crew of self-proclaimed pirate astronauts.
This is what I found most appealing about the prospect of working at Carrot. I dealt with my fair share of management-heavy organizations. I was tired of the mundane work days and felt it was time to move on to something better. Working at a company that genuinely trusts their employees and actively encourages them to have fun was something I wanted in on.
After visiting the Carrot Headquarters for my interview, it became obvious that they disregard traditional business dogma where employees end up being treated like untrustworthy hooligans. Carrot is full of people who are genuinely passionate about what they do. In such an environment, you don’t need managers, supervisors, team leads, or any other non-workers to whip employees into action. Instead, they’re all actually excited to do work… and to do a damn good job. A few natural side-effects become apparent in such an unconventional workplace:
- Work can actually be fun. When co-workers trust one another to do their jobs, they’re able to have beer, video games, and other non-worky paraphernalia in the office. Everyone needs a break at some point. It’s best to be able to actually enjoy it.
- While working with passionate individuals, employees will inherently learn from one another. Nobody makes a better teacher than someone interested in the subject they’re teaching.
- NO TPS REPORTS.
I was absolutely thrilled when I got the job offer from Carrot. I obviously took the job and look forward to working with my new family away from home. I hope that together we’re able to continue demonstrating that happy, motivated employees do the best work. Everyone deserves to be happy with their work.
