Colorful workplace with growing pains - Software Developer Valamis Employee Review

Thanks a lot for the feedback! It is always nice to hear positive feedback, and as an HR team member, happy to hear good comments about HR. :) We are doing our best to our employees succeed and feel good working here at Valamis. During the past 10 years, we had to let one benefit go because this benefit had become Joensuu-centric, was not equitable, and did not support either the employee’s wellbeing or the business. Luckily, we have been able to add many benefits instead of that one. We are a global organization with employees around the world. From our perspective there are also a lot of positive sides to “non-local teams”: it creates diverse company culture, offers a possibility for better productivity when international teams working in various time zones are available for our customers around the world. It creates better cultural understanding as well. According to our remote work policy, employees are allowed to work remotely 4 days per week, 1 day at the office is recommended. We believe that a flexible hybrid policy leads to better employee well-being and business results. Our head office spaces are mainly organized by open office style, but luckily there are separate “quiet spaces” for the employees who like to have some privacy and silent space. As a company, we try to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy, but the truth is, that when the company grows, it is necessary to implement some guidelines to manage things. Usually, we hate bureaucracy as well. During the past year (2021), Great Resignation hit us as well, it is the truth. Our staff turnover rate was 17,4 % (industry average before Covid and Great Resignation was 17%). Luckily during the ongoing year, the rate is a lot lower, after first quartal it is 2,4 % . We do our best to make our employees happy, well and committed!