After a long stretch of working remotely, we are coming out of our home office cocoons and migrating back to the office, as an option for those wishing to return. We had a plan and, like much of the past 18 months, it changed. The…
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As our one year anniversary of being a completely remote team was nearly upon us, and Rustici leadership was coordinating our "Quell" event, which normally consists of a significant amount of face-to-face time, participating in fun activities and connecting as people, we found ourselves still…
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Next week marks the one year anniversary of Rustici, like so many companies, shifting to working from home. And wow, what a year it was! As I’m planning a super secret anniversary party celebrating togetherness while staying apart, I can’t help but remember the things…
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I’ll be honest. I’ve been having a really hard time getting into the holiday spirit this year. We hauled out the decorations and put up the lights, but something was missing. That changed as I started to get into the nitty gritty details that come…
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Looking back on 2019, I can’t express enough how proud I am of all of the folks at Rustici Software and the work we accomplished. It’s been a pretty exciting year in a number of ways. Our company Early this year, we began to shift…
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When I began working at Rustici Software this past spring, one of my main goals was to help grow and contribute to our already amazing workplace culture. And that’s what inspired me to develop an initiative that’s now known as #WellnessWednesday. In a nutshell, this…
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Recently, a colleague at one of our LTG sister companies reached out to me directly for advice on providing great cultural and social activities to employees. They had recently been given a dedicated budget to social activities and were struggling to come up with ideas…
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I was reminiscing over the year (it’s been a big year) and I began looking at old Christmas letters for inspiration on how to best distill down a very busy year at Rustici Software. The best Christmas letters have a way of highlighting important moments…
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About twice a year we have “Quell,” a time where our whole company gets together to share what different groups are working on, discuss important updates on what’s going on in the back office, and spend time outside of the office together. Over time we’ve…
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About 12 years ago I was the guy looking in the window at what Tim and Mike were up to at Rustici Software. Tim, Mike and I spoke pretty frequently as we had worked together previously and I would joke from time to time about…
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Each year, we update the History page on our website. It’s a chance to celebrate big company wins and giggle over funny experiences. Since I started working at Rustici Software in April last year, this was my first time helping to update the page. Doing…
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It’s been a week since our annual Thanksmas (Thanksgiving + Christmas, or what we affectionately call our end-of-year holiday party) celebration, and I’m finally caught up on lost sleep and neglected work and have the drink refrigerator restocked (that poor thing took a big hit…
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