When creativity is one of your company’s core values, you get to work alongside some super-talented people. And when super-talented people have good ideas, things like Freddie’s Makers Market happens. It all started with an email from Ashe, one of our Billing Coordinators. “I was thinking, as we get closer to the holidays, what if […]
An interview can be a terrifying thing. The only way to get better at them is practice, but getting that practice can be tricky, too. In a 1:1 conversation with MailChimp’s VP of Development, Eric Muntz, I’d mentioned an idea for using my 16 hours of volunteer time. We’d been talking about an internal event
Humility is one of MailChimp’s core values, and it can manifest in our daily lives in a variety of ways, from accidentally broadcasting silence during our weekly radio shows to admitting failure to hundreds of our peers. Recently we had the opportunity to have Kim Scott, author of bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing
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Years ago, when MailChimp was still a fledgling company, Friday mornings were a time to gather and talk about what’s going on around the office. But now that there are 800 of us, we like to mix it up occasionally. Recently, we did just that by inviting Tony Hawk to our Coffee Hour series. As
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“Whisper!” Over the phone, there’s silence, then a low, burbling growl. “Oh, that was good! Did you hear it?” Karen Anderson asks. I laugh, and in that moment, the anxieties of daily life melt away. That’s because when you talk to Karen (or her dog, Max), you’re immediately transported to her world—a world filled
If you visit MailChimp’s Atlanta HQ on a typical Wednesday morning, you might see a lot of people with headphones on, tapping their feet, occasionally laughing in sync. In fact, it might seem a little spooky until you realize we’re enjoying KIMP, our employee-run radio station. Music is baked into MailChimp’s DNA. Some of us
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MailChimp is a restless collection of creative minds that celebrate each other whenever an opportunity arises. Sometimes, that means teaching a coworker new skills or hobbies or listening to them read or riding bikes to a team lunch. Recently, our VP of Marketing, Sean Cook, took the idea to heart while decorating his office.
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“What’s your favorite thing about working at MailChimp?”I’m coming up on 8 years here, and it’s still a tough question to answer. I’ve given lengthy monologues about my great co-workers. I’ve gone on and on about our commitment to experimentation and the ways we embrace and learn from failure. I’ve even rambled about all
Every year, we onboard about 200 people, which is no easy feat. That’s why I helped create what is now MailChimp’s onboarding program. As a result, gone are the days when a new hire would be dropped off at their desk and left to their own accord. When the program started, I was the only
Atlanta’s Pride history dates back to the early 1970s, when the Georgia Gay Liberation Front organized a march from Peachtree Street to Piedmont Park. Today, the annual parade draws nearly 300,000 people—the largest Pride event in the southeast. The week-long festival is held in October to coincide with National Coming Out Day and culminates with a weekend
