My New Job--the dirty deets

Guys, I hate when people do what I'm about to do. But I can'stop myself.

I work at Qualtrics now. If you don't know what Qualtrics is, you should find out. I used Qualtrics for various graduate products, and I really liked my experience with the product. I also remember really liking my experience with their support staff. Apart from offering an awesome product that is changing how both business and academic research are done, they are a great employer. Just a few of the things I love about working at Qualtrics after only 5 work days: 

Swag. 

The company gives its employees swag like crazy. And people don't turn their Qualtrics shirts into night shirts or work out shirts. They actually wear them. 

Yesterday the CEO told us that if we meet our annual goals (which we will), every single employee gets an iPhone 6 or an iPad. Qualtrics has around 550 employees. That's money the CEO and other executive staff could pocket or re-invest in the company. But they understand that investing in their employees is investing in their company. Happy employees do good work.

Did I mention that all of Brandon's and my health insurance premiums are paid by the company?

Food. 

Guys, I love food. And it's already a problem. There are kitchens all over our building. There's a sweets kitchen with cotton candy, drums of BYU Creamery ice cream, bulk candy, candy bars, fruit snacks...basically anything your body never wanted you to put into it. Brandon is excited that he never has to buy me chocolate again.

There's a salty kitchen with chip bags, goldfish, cheese nips, wheat thins, trail mix, and drawers I haven't even discovered yet. There's a fridge of apples, peaches, bananas, strawberries, string cheese, and celery. 

There's a breakfast (-ish) kitchen with 20 types of cereal, milk, pop tarts, hot pockets, corn dogs, and drawers I plan to explore in the days to come.

Soda/water machines on every floor. 

And to make my life even happier and more stress free, my team gets catered lunch every. single. day. of October and March--our busiest times of year. This week we had Zupas, Honey Baked Ham, Maglebys, and Which Wich. On Thursday mornings we have catered breakfast during our weekly company meeting. This week it was Waffle Love. 

Fun. 

Shuffleboard. Arcade basketball. Massage chairs. An entire band of instruments. A gym. Golf carts. Bikes. Nerf darts (constantly flying over my head and around me). A pogo stick. Foos ball. Billiards. Ping Pong. 

People can also bring their dogs to work. The company dog Barnaby even drinks from the water fountains (hence our soda machines).  

Incentive to work hard. 

Qualtrics is a meritocracy. And a transparent one. Literally. All the conference rooms are all glass. 

They're all named after the Seven Dwarves, other Disney characters, and Ancient Greek philosophers. 

Noone--not ANYONE in the company--has a closed office.

All of our weekly and quarterly goals are posted to our internal system. At any time, we can look up the goals and progress of our colleagues. That means I can look up the CEO's goals as well. 

This quarter, whoever gets the most points on my team goes to Hawaii for 6 days with their +1. And we all know what we have to do to get there. Any day a member of my team hits a certain threshold, he/she gets an extra $20. And it happens all the time.  Today they went around handing out dozens of checks. 

Money and prizes aren't the only incentives to be a hard worker, but I know the transparency of my performance will help me to push myself. 

This is the first time I've been genuinely excited to work for a company and to work my hardest in both their interest and my own interest. 

Do I sound like I'm bragging? I don't even feel bad. Because, for anyone who has an interest in working in an environment like this (doesn't everybody?), Qualtrics is hiring like crazy, and I can refer you. Holler.