Hola office, physical and virtual

This fat little dog's name is Schwarma. Of course, she also has a “real” nickname, but no one remembers her. When Shvarma lies on her back to be stroked, she cannot turn over by herself - the hulled barrel interferes. If someone (say, the owner) suddenly misses his dog, and wishes to see her, he can be sent straight to the kitchen. Because Shvarma and her friends are always there, where they cook and eat.

Dessert and slippers

Home-like atmosphere in the office is not the know-how of Hola management. All this: private rooms, ping-pong tables, a professional chef in the office, no dress code (slippers and warm sweatshirts with the company logo attached), as well as joint holidays and the ability to bring dogs and children to work - super loving But this is more of a competition: spoiled high-tech employees are becoming more demanding.

“Office-home” in this case is a pleasant part of business organization: programmers whose household problems are solved work better. In addition, when employees dine at the office, they spend less time searching for a suitable cafe in the area and on the “round-trip” road. Well, and eat much better. Another plus: for a general dinner, in principle, they can chat about anything, but they mostly talk about work.

However, the professional cook is not the main thing that creates the atmosphere in the Hola office. The main thing is respect and democracy. Hola has only two directors: Ofer Vilenski (general) and Derry Sribman (technical). The remaining employees are equal, and communicate directly with the authorities. Practice has shown that this is the most effective way to interact. Especially considering that a significant part of the staff works remotely.
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10 minutes is allocated for meetings in Hola per week. But releases occur several times a day.

Virtual buns

Most Hola programmers living in different countries of the world, from Norway to America, speak Russian. Disappointed by the cooperation with recruiting agencies, Hola's management decided to hold a series of programming contests in addition to the “classical” search for candidates. Winners of competitions along with a cash prize often receive an invitation to work.

Remote workers usually come to the office for just a week - to get acquainted with the team. Then each continues to cooperate in his mode. For virtual employees, food, of course, cannot be adjusted, but the lack of a daily dessert is compensated by high salaries, social package and company options.

About Hola

Hola is an international startup that has been in existence for six years. More than 30 employees work in Hola to create software to combat censorship (blocking websites) on the Internet.

Today, the most popular Hola software is an Android application and an extension for the Google Chrome browser (1 million and 3 million active users, respectively). Supported browsers include Yandex. Browser and Opera.

Hola is always looking for talented developers .

More photos of the office (especially any dogs!) Can be seen here .