Perceptive Software has a tradition at Friday morning meetings to get some of the new hires up in front of 400-500 people and makes them answer questions and tell everyone a little bit about themselves. As palm sweating as this exercise can be it is a big part of creating our "workmosphere". What the hell are you talking about? Workmosphere? That's not a word. It will be.
We recently acquired a new company called Palace Athena out of the Netherlands and today a handful of their employees were made to get up in front and share. We have one question that is asked every time to every new employee and it is this, "if you could have any superpower, what would it be." One of our fine Dutch brethren shared this nugget.
"I have been in Shawnee for a few weeks, learning about the company, learning about your solutions, and if I could have any superpower it would be to take the 'workmosphere' from this place and take it back to the Netherlands."
Pretty powerful stuff. As the global economic uncertainty continues and as we continue to grow in 2012 it is reassuring to know that not only do I work in one of the best place in the United States, I work in one of the best places globally. One dash culture, one dash environment, one heaping spoonful of people, bake at 400 degrees, and out comes our worksmosphere.
We recently acquired a new company called Palace Athena out of the Netherlands and today a handful of their employees were made to get up in front and share. We have one question that is asked every time to every new employee and it is this, "if you could have any superpower, what would it be." One of our fine Dutch brethren shared this nugget.
"I have been in Shawnee for a few weeks, learning about the company, learning about your solutions, and if I could have any superpower it would be to take the 'workmosphere' from this place and take it back to the Netherlands."
Pretty powerful stuff. As the global economic uncertainty continues and as we continue to grow in 2012 it is reassuring to know that not only do I work in one of the best place in the United States, I work in one of the best places globally. One dash culture, one dash environment, one heaping spoonful of people, bake at 400 degrees, and out comes our worksmosphere.
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