A Great Example of Good Culture at Work

Our entire branch just had a huge meeting with the owner. The owner spoke about the difficult year and the layoffs in the branch. The strategy. The careful steps that are being taken and future deals that are being discussed. In the end, as always there was time for questions. People asked about the strategy and the deals. Suddenly, almost at the end, one engineer asked if there will be raises this year. The owner gave a good answer about balance and preventing more layoffs. 

What a guy. Simply asks the owner about raises after layoffs. Impressive. Maybe he didn’t think its through, but just for that he felt it was ok to ask about raises. 

I'm really happy about this branch. 
Such a good culture and vibe.

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