Employees can work from anywhere in the world. They are scattered in forty different countries. Performance matters more than location.
3. E-mail is almost useless
Internal communication in Automattic runs through Skype, chat rooms, blogs and videos. E-mail is used only to communicate with people outside the company.
4. Hiring for trial
Automattic does not hold traditional job interviews. It does not care about the education and skills job-seekers write on their CVs either. Applicants are assigned specific tasks and offered the possibility to prove their skills in practice.
Scott Berkun is a popular American author and speaker. In his articles, books and speeches, he focuses primarily on creativity, communication and management of people and companies. From 1994 to 2003, he worked at Microsoft where he focused primarily on the development of the browser Internet Explorer versions 1.0 to 5.0. Between the years 2010 to 2012, he worked as a team leader of programmers at Automattic where he participated in the development of WordPress. Now he is fully engaged in writing and public speaking.
The book entitled The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and The Future of Work was published in USA in September 2013. You can browse and buy it through the online store Amazon.com here.
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