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3 Tips to make the most of your Happiness Engineer Trial

The Happiness Engineer trial is not easy, particularly if you’re already employed full-time or have other responsibilities to balance. The trial is intense, and there will almost certainly come a time when you’ll feel that it’s just too much. It’s been more than two years since my trial, but I still vividly remember sitting in front of my computer giving myself a pep talk before … Continue reading 3 Tips to make the most of your Happiness Engineer Trial

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The New Happiness Engineer Trial Process!

In the run-up to my trial, I read just about everything on this website. Now as an Automattician it’s incredibly exciting to be contributing my own story. On New Year’s Eve, I submitted my application to become a Happiness Engineer at Automattic. Over the following three months, I completed a sample project, an interview over Slack, and answered sample support questions. Each stage of the … Continue reading The New Happiness Engineer Trial Process!

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Five Things You Learned in Preschool That’ll Help You with the Happiness Engineer Trial

When you have to go – go. I hope you haven’t learned it the hard way, although maybe it’s the only real way to learn it. Don’t feel like you’re glued to the chair; taking short breaks is necessary for your body and mind. You’re not doing yourself a favor when you force yourself to keep working when what you need to do is stretch … Continue reading Five Things You Learned in Preschool That’ll Help You with the Happiness Engineer Trial

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Leading a Double Life as a Trial Happiness Engineer

A topic that comes up every once in a while during a Happiness Engineer Trial is how to balance your “regular” life with your new one at Automattic. Sometimes it can feel a little bit like you’re leading a double life! Here I’ll share a few tips on how I managed to balance a full-time 35-hours/week job with a 20-ish second one as an HE … Continue reading Leading a Double Life as a Trial Happiness Engineer

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Balancing the Happiness Engineer Trial When You Have a Full-Time Job

When I completed the Happiness Trial, I was already a full-time employee at another company. Due to this, weekends were the only time I was able to dedicate the largest blocks of time. Through trial and error, I was able to come up with a plan that worked for me. I was able to keep up my responsibilities at my “day job” as well as … Continue reading Balancing the Happiness Engineer Trial When You Have a Full-Time Job

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Meet a Happiness Engineer: Eric

Eric McDuffie is a Happiness Engineer supporting customers using WordPress.com. He is also team lead for one of the WordPress.com support teams at Automattic. Eric shares what it’s like working for Automattic, the benefits of working from home, and what it’s like to be a Happiness Engineer. Listen through to the end if you’re interested in joining Automattic as a Happiness Engineer. Eric gives some great … Continue reading Meet a Happiness Engineer: Eric

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Ten tips to ace your Happiness Engineer trial

The Happiness Engineer trial can be daunting, but with the right mindset and tips, it is possible to ace it! I know this because I was a trial myself and made it through the chaos. During my first week in the trial, I was completely clueless about working here at Automattic. But a few weeks later, my trial buddy said, “If I was in the … Continue reading Ten tips to ace your Happiness Engineer trial

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Learning from unhappy customers

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates At Automattic, we aim to offer world-class support. We want to be known for offering the best experience to our customers. Internally, Happiness Engineers encourage each other to “engineer the happiness” of our customers. This isn’t always easy — sometimes people reach out to us when they’re struggling with their site, their … Continue reading Learning from unhappy customers

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Five standout skills to be a successful Happiness Engineer

Happiness Engineers love helping people use Automattic’s products like WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and more. While the desire to help others is important, Happiness Engineers must have other skills to successfully help customers in live chat and by email. With that in mind, here are my recommendations for those wanting to improve their skills as new or aspiring Happiness Engineers. These tips are from my personal … Continue reading Five standout skills to be a successful Happiness Engineer

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My Schedule as a Happiness Engineer

Every Happiness Engineer has a different type of day, schedule, tasks, etc. That’s one benefit I love so much about my position… I work when it is best for me and my family! The flexibility is very important to me, as it is lots of people. Personally I choose to work most weekends and take weekdays off. We are homeschooling our kids this year, so … Continue reading My Schedule as a Happiness Engineer

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