Meet a Happiness Engineer: Melissa
Melissa Silberstang is a Happiness Engineer with WordPress.com supporting customers through live chat and tickets as they create their sites. Working at Automattic has given her the flexibility to travel and create a workweek that fits her lifestyle. Working remotely is not as lonely as it sounds. Melissa has been able to collaborate with coworkers online through different initiatives like the committee for Diversity and … Continue reading Meet a Happiness Engineer: Melissa
Fostering Connections Through Virtual Meetups
2020 has been a year of challenges. But it’s also been a year for visionaries. One of the highly valued perks of being an Automattician (A11N) is being able to travel, often somewhere fabulous, with your teammates for an annual in-person team meetup. In light of the current state of world health, these oft looked forward to gatherings haven’t been possible. As a diverse and … Continue reading Fostering Connections Through Virtual Meetups
How to Avoid Burning Out When Working from Home
I’m an advocate for remote work. For the better part of my life, I’ve worked from home as a freelance technical writer. I’ve always hated regularly going to an office, and only did it when I had to. I’ve been fully remote for the last five years since joining Automattic, where everyone works from wherever they like. And I’ve been preaching that “every company that … Continue reading How to Avoid Burning Out When Working from Home
Developing Leadership Skills as a Happiness Engineer
In a previous job, I spent time as a restaurant manager. It was an eye opening experience for sure (and it confirmed for me that being “hangry” is a real thing). However, what especially stood out to me was how much I liked the “people” side of that role. I liked being responsible for taking care of our staff and in turn making sure that … Continue reading Developing Leadership Skills as a Happiness Engineer
How I Work: A Happiness Engineer Team Lead
Working from home is a huge perk, and also a unique challenge. Being mindful and deliberate about how you structure your day and your workspace is essential for your well-being and your productivity at work. The team leads at WordPress.com Happiness decided to share with each other how we work as we each have our own unique processes, and can no doubt learn from each … Continue reading How I Work: A Happiness Engineer Team Lead
Meet a WooCommerce Happiness Engineer: Julia
WooCommerce Happiness Engineer Julia Amosova shares her team name’s unexpected astronomical implications and gives some encouraging advice on preparing to apply for a job at Automattic. Read more about this video series here. Continue reading Meet a WooCommerce Happiness Engineer: Julia
Team Meetups — How We Create Productive Face-To-Face Time
In a traditional office, you’re in the same place 48 weeks out of the year, and you might have 3 or 4 weeks where you’re not together. We try to flip that. So we come together in short intense bursts. The primary goal is connecting people. We want to make sure everyone is aligned and on the same page, and that they have a deeper … Continue reading Team Meetups — How We Create Productive Face-To-Face Time
Meet a Happiness Engineer: Khyati
Khyati Gala is a Happiness Engineer based in India. She shares her journey at Automattic, from applying to getting the job and contributing to our progress in hiring more women in her area and around the world. Read more about this video series here. Continue reading Meet a Happiness Engineer: Khyati
Engineering Happiness as a parent
We often hear about the benefits of remote/distributed work as being able to travel the world and work from anywhere with an internet connection. Something I feel that needs prominence would be how this can help when you have a “caretaker” type role – for me, this is as a parent, but it isn’t limited to just that. My journey to working at Automattic accelerated due to … Continue reading Engineering Happiness as a parent
Unusual schedules as a Happiness Engineer
Having flexibility in your job is awesome, but with flexibility comes responsibility. Not only in the work itself but also in our daily lives, having a balance between your personal and work activities. Working at home implies there is no physical boundary between your work and personal life. In an office, you might be able to leave work behind when you exit the office, but … Continue reading Unusual schedules as a Happiness Engineer
Happiness Everywhere 