One day at the office of Veeam Software in St. Petersburg
Hello! My name is Andrey, I work at Veeam Software. Since there was only one article about Habré about my company, and even that is more like a historical excursion, I would like to fill in the void and tell about the modern Russian office of Veeam.
For those who do not know, just remind you that the IT startup Veeam was founded in 2006 by a small group of St. Petersburg specialists, and today, after 8 years of its existence, the company has 1,300+ employees worldwide.
Who is interested to know the details, please under the cat.
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When I studied at the university, I always thought that in order to work in a modern international company I would have to leave Russia at least to Europe, and even to North America. However, when I got to work at Veeam in St. Petersburg, I realized that I was wrong.
As mentioned above, Veeam Software (contrary to the common misconception pronounced “Wim”, not “Viam”) was founded in 2006. The company itself is a project of several people, including Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov. Friends in life and partners in the previous project, “Aelita Software”, they invested in the sale of Aelita to Veeam.
Today, the company makes monitoring and backup products for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V based virtual machines. This direction turned out to be promising, and most importantly, profitable against the background of widespread virtualization (of course, provided that you offer a really good product).
Over the 8 years of its existence, the company has gone from an unknown startup in the field of virtual media backup products to a place in the quadrant of the “visionaries of the industry” in the “magic quadrant” of the Gartner analytical company. Currently, it employs more than 1,300 people in 17 offices around the world (in America, Europe and Asia). One of the largest of them are 2 offices in St. Petersburg - all product development (R & D and Q & A) is concentrated here, multilingual sales, technical support and marketing teams work.
We will tell more about each of them. Marketing and Sales teams are located in BC Plaza.
The developers (as well as testers and tech support) are located in the Kondratievsky BC.
Since I work in the BC Plaza, I will talk more about him. Office Veeam occupies 4 floors. Access inside, naturally, on the magnetic admission. In the design of a lot of glass and green (the color of the company, well rhymes with the name: green Veeam).
Those who come to the company, as it should be, are greetedwith bread by the girls at the reception.
For the reception hangs a map of Eurasia, on which are marked with points of the place of birth of employees.
Information about corporate values ​​can be seen everywhere, for example, “We are optimists and believe in ourselves”, “We help each other add success”, “We are sincere and open” and “We are self-sufficient, but always happy to see new talented people in the team”.
The design used elements of the subject of star wars. The names of the meeting rooms - the names of the planets. Every time I shudder at the invitation to meet at the "death star".
Negotiating Tatooine and local jokes.
Inside her.
On the floors there is a kitchen where you can safely eat and enjoy the beautiful view of the Neva. Coffee, tea, milk, cookies - unlimited access :)
General view of the Neva, not only from the kitchen
EMEA marketing team at work.
PR department and a small corner with awards.
The average age of the company's employees is 26 years. We love young and ambitious and are not “afraid” to attract senior students. In the photo - sysmetic conducts one of the lectures for students in the specialty “product management”.
The work schedule in the company is quite comfortable for people. Mandatory business hours of presence in the office - from 12.00 to 18.00. The rest of the time is flexible, but most people prefer to work in the evening. No bullying and no traffic jams.
Often, employees need to travel to other company offices and / or work conferences. Of course, everything depends on the position and field of activity, but when you are in the state, you need to be prepared for this.
The photo shows the Barcelona airport during the VMworld 2013 conference.
Since the company is international, communication between employees from different countries takes place in English. But, of course, the most interesting thing is to meet colleagues offline, after electronic communication. Meeting a foreigner in the kitchen for a cup of coffee quickly became a habit.
The design also includes flags of the countries with which this or that office corner works.
The open atmosphere makes a great impression: everyone is very friendly, greet each other in the kitchen, want a "pleasant appetite" even if they do not know the names :)
The company has a developed corporate culture and encourages a healthy lifestyle. We have our own football team, the guys play in the amateur league between the companies.
Every week - pass beach volleyball training
In both offices there are tables for the kicker and even professional players who share their experience and are always happy to show a master class.
I just found a busy party.
We also have a corporate library offline - you can take any book and read. Well, if the required book did not appear, but it is needed for productive work, then it can be ordered from HR. In the photo - only one department of the library
Teams have trips and team buildings, most often - this is a trip out of town, cooking classes, curling.
The company is developing at a fast pace, we are waiting for the team to increase by the end of 2014 by about 30%. In October, Veeam will organize its first international conference, VeeamON 2014, in Las Vegas for customers and partners, where more than 1,000 participants are expected. Visitors are waiting for 3 days of training, communication and, of course, interesting surprises, which cannot yet be revealed.
I would also like to remind you that we have a separate career portal , and you should look for fresh vacancies there.
Come visit, we are always glad to you;)
As a bonus, I can offer an excellent video from the guys from the sales team, in which you can see their view on the work in the company.
Veeam Company Website
Career portal
How to start a billionth company (Habr)
For those who do not know, just remind you that the IT startup Veeam was founded in 2006 by a small group of St. Petersburg specialists, and today, after 8 years of its existence, the company has 1,300+ employees worldwide.
Who is interested to know the details, please under the cat.
')
When I studied at the university, I always thought that in order to work in a modern international company I would have to leave Russia at least to Europe, and even to North America. However, when I got to work at Veeam in St. Petersburg, I realized that I was wrong.
About company
As mentioned above, Veeam Software (contrary to the common misconception pronounced “Wim”, not “Viam”) was founded in 2006. The company itself is a project of several people, including Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov. Friends in life and partners in the previous project, “Aelita Software”, they invested in the sale of Aelita to Veeam.
Today, the company makes monitoring and backup products for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V based virtual machines. This direction turned out to be promising, and most importantly, profitable against the background of widespread virtualization (of course, provided that you offer a really good product).
The structure of the company
Over the 8 years of its existence, the company has gone from an unknown startup in the field of virtual media backup products to a place in the quadrant of the “visionaries of the industry” in the “magic quadrant” of the Gartner analytical company. Currently, it employs more than 1,300 people in 17 offices around the world (in America, Europe and Asia). One of the largest of them are 2 offices in St. Petersburg - all product development (R & D and Q & A) is concentrated here, multilingual sales, technical support and marketing teams work.
We will tell more about each of them. Marketing and Sales teams are located in BC Plaza.
The developers (as well as testers and tech support) are located in the Kondratievsky BC.
Office
Since I work in the BC Plaza, I will talk more about him. Office Veeam occupies 4 floors. Access inside, naturally, on the magnetic admission. In the design of a lot of glass and green (the color of the company, well rhymes with the name: green Veeam).
Those who come to the company, as it should be, are greeted
For the reception hangs a map of Eurasia, on which are marked with points of the place of birth of employees.
Information about corporate values ​​can be seen everywhere, for example, “We are optimists and believe in ourselves”, “We help each other add success”, “We are sincere and open” and “We are self-sufficient, but always happy to see new talented people in the team”.
The design used elements of the subject of star wars. The names of the meeting rooms - the names of the planets. Every time I shudder at the invitation to meet at the "death star".
Negotiating Tatooine and local jokes.
Inside her.
On the floors there is a kitchen where you can safely eat and enjoy the beautiful view of the Neva. Coffee, tea, milk, cookies - unlimited access :)
General view of the Neva, not only from the kitchen
EMEA marketing team at work.
PR department and a small corner with awards.
The average age of the company's employees is 26 years. We love young and ambitious and are not “afraid” to attract senior students. In the photo - sysmetic conducts one of the lectures for students in the specialty “product management”.
The work schedule in the company is quite comfortable for people. Mandatory business hours of presence in the office - from 12.00 to 18.00. The rest of the time is flexible, but most people prefer to work in the evening. No bullying and no traffic jams.
Often, employees need to travel to other company offices and / or work conferences. Of course, everything depends on the position and field of activity, but when you are in the state, you need to be prepared for this.
The photo shows the Barcelona airport during the VMworld 2013 conference.
Since the company is international, communication between employees from different countries takes place in English. But, of course, the most interesting thing is to meet colleagues offline, after electronic communication. Meeting a foreigner in the kitchen for a cup of coffee quickly became a habit.
The design also includes flags of the countries with which this or that office corner works.
The open atmosphere makes a great impression: everyone is very friendly, greet each other in the kitchen, want a "pleasant appetite" even if they do not know the names :)
The company has a developed corporate culture and encourages a healthy lifestyle. We have our own football team, the guys play in the amateur league between the companies.
Every week - pass beach volleyball training
In both offices there are tables for the kicker and even professional players who share their experience and are always happy to show a master class.
I just found a busy party.
We also have a corporate library offline - you can take any book and read. Well, if the required book did not appear, but it is needed for productive work, then it can be ordered from HR. In the photo - only one department of the library
Teams have trips and team buildings, most often - this is a trip out of town, cooking classes, curling.
Conclusion
The company is developing at a fast pace, we are waiting for the team to increase by the end of 2014 by about 30%. In October, Veeam will organize its first international conference, VeeamON 2014, in Las Vegas for customers and partners, where more than 1,000 participants are expected. Visitors are waiting for 3 days of training, communication and, of course, interesting surprises, which cannot yet be revealed.
I would also like to remind you that we have a separate career portal , and you should look for fresh vacancies there.
Come visit, we are always glad to you;)
Bonus
As a bonus, I can offer an excellent video from the guys from the sales team, in which you can see their view on the work in the company.
Resources
Veeam Company Website
Career portal
How to start a billionth company (Habr)
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/221385/
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