Myplanet Reviews

Pros

- food
- unlimited vacation
- great office

Pros

- people
- location
- benefits
- challenges that help you grow professionally
- Mindfulness Mondays were great to take the break and reflect

Pros

Myplanet seriously invests in employee growth through mentoring, professional development, knowledge sharing and a focus on mindfulness and mastery
Company processes incorporate agility at all levels with continual inspection and refinement.
Colleagues at Myplanet are high quality and cross-disciplinary interaction accelerates overall growth in related disciplines
Weekly talks, events, meditation and chat channels help to take the edge off doing challenging work for high profile clients

Advice to Management

Preserve the culture that has made the company so attractive for employees and clients

Pros

The environment at the company enables you to grow on many different aspects.
The fact we have mentors that help us grow is something I particularly enjoy.
We often see new and exciting projects to work

Advice to Management

Keep the good work and value your workers!

Pros

- The people at Myplanet are awesome. Everybody is really friendly and eager to help each other out. It feels like you're hanging out with your friends and doing really great work at the same time.
- Great location. Located in the downtown core and close to transit, shops, restaurants, etc.
- Open-concept office with adjustable standing desks
- Flexible work arrangement so you're not chained to your desk
- I feel like I can be me at work, rather than just a "work me" - authenticity is encouraged

Pros

- Myplanet has done an incredible job of hiring smart, fun, and caring people. It is truly like any other place I've worked.

- The office is in a beautiful heritage building and everyone is provided a standing desk, ergonomic chair, a high performance computer, and all the peripherals you will need to do your job effectively.

- There is a great deal of autonomy afforded to individual project teams.

Advice to Management

All in all, I really enjoy Myplanet as a place to work. It is a special place with a unique culture and I'm grateful for the opportunity. Here are my two pieces of advice:

1) Invest in quiet areas for the more introverted team members.

2) Make sure teams don't burn themselves - ensure projects have reasonable timelines and adequate staffing.

Pros

- Great place to work / Excellent work culture
- Variety of different projects and exciting opportunities
- Management team always there to help out and support and cares for employee advancement
- Unlimited Coffee/Hot Chocolate
- Sitting/Standing tables
- Shiny new top of the line equipment

Pros

- Get to work with a lot of talented and motivated people
- Very nice office
- Leadership is very transparent and cares about employee's personal career development
- Get to work on different projects
- B-corp
- Company is doing a good job at making sure everyone is being treated equally and respectfully in the work space.

Pros

- Flexible hours
- Work-life balance
- Being an outsourcing company gives you many opportunities to work on several different clients/technologies
- Great Downtown location

Pros

I've been at Myplanet for a little over 6 months now and I must say that I am completely impressed by my experience so far. Here are some notable items:

GENERAL PERKS:

- Plenty of opportunities to receive and provide mentorship

- Remote working/work from home friendly

- Flexible working hours/schedule

- 5 "awesome days" for all employees to work on professional development, projects or anything you want to learn to better your skills

- Profit sharing and stock options

- Pet friendly office. You can bring your dog to work. A very nice way to relieve stress in the work place

- Office inside of a cool historic building in Toronto (tall ceilings, big windows, exposed brick, etc.)

- Professional development budget for books, courses, some conferences and even buying new tech

VALUES & CULTURE:

- Myplanet has a solid culture, series of process and wonderful people

- Strong culture of inclusivity that feels authentic

- Hack days every quarter where you can collaborate with people from across different teams to solve interesting design/tech/business

- Great pride in providing amazing customer experiences

problems

- Company is investing time and resources in very interesting areas like AR, VR, Voice-Tech... amongst others

- There is a strong culture of knowledge sharing and promoting thought leadership

- Myplanet is solid is in documenting its processes. The company wiki is great and super helpful.

- Lightning talks every week. A chance to watch an interesting presentation done by another team member, and enjoy drinks and snacks with everyone

- Culture of mindfulness and meditation is present throughout the company

- 360 degree reviews are done every quarter, where you self-assess yourself and your peers which help inform your semi-annual compensation reviews

PEOPLE & LEADERSHIP:

- My coworkers are very intelligent and fascinating people

- The IT staff are very great in providing you with fast tech support and the right tools to help you get your job done well.

- The leadership team are very down to earth and are very approachable

- 4 of the 5 original founders still work for the company

- CEO is a very nice guy and actually takes the time to get to know people

- Paths of advancements are made very clear to employees

- Managers work closely with employees for professional development

- People are given shoutouts for doing good work as well as for general celebrations (birthdays, work anniversaries, etc.)

MISC.:

- They have an impressive portfolio of clients and partners (some you'll learn more about upon joining the team)

- Opportunities to travel for work if you work in a client-services oriented role

- The company is always on brand

- Employee retention seems quite strong

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you're doing. Keep making the effort to hear employee feedback and taking action on them. Keep putting things back into the company that are in the benefit of the people who work there. Also some more snacks in the future would be fantastic! Finally, keep up the amazing culture of CX where we go above and beyond to help the customers we serve.