<aside> 🔆 Flixed is a people-first company. This means that the most important “product” we’re building is the culture and organization. What we build from a product or business perspective is secondary to that.
We believe that by building amazing culture and organization, great products and businesses will follow.
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Our company philosophy is supported by our guiding principles. While there are different ways to interpret how a “people-first” company operates, we’ve summarized our approach below.
What it means: One hour of deep, concentrated work is often more valuable than several hours of scattered, unfocused work.
In practice: We encourage all of our employees to check Slack & email infrequently and avoid engaging in busywork. What's most important here is that you produce the highest quality work you can, each and every day. Meetings are typically scheduled onto 1 day of the week, freeing you up for deep work on the other 4. For any messages or emails you receive via Slack/email, all we ask is that you respond within 24 hours.
What it means: We should be working with people that share the same values, but are different and diverse across all their immutable attributes - gender, race, sexuality, ethnicity, and religion.
In practice: We proactively incorporate thinking on DEI into how we recruit, onboard, and integrate people into our team.
What it means: Creativity, defined in this context, is ability to produce novel insights and approaches to solving problems. We view the ability to produce creative insights as one of the single biggest drivers of getting more leverage on your time. When you're tired or overworked, your ability to produce creative insights will generally diminish. In contrast, a well-rested mind and peaceful working atmosphere is the ideal environment for fostering creativity.
In practice: We typically don't expect employees to work, or respond to Slack and email messages in the evenings or on weekends. We also provide top-notch healthcare plans, fitness benefits ($500/year), and a learning & development stipend ($500/year) to support your life outside of work! Learn more about our employee perks and benefits here.
What it means: A lot of startups use fear as the primary motivator for achieving progress. Our belief is that fear is an unhealthy, and far less effective motivator than curiosity. We believe people perform the best when they are happy, enjoy the problems they work on and have good work-life balance.