Happy New Year folks! Great New Year actually; we started the day off with signing up a new publisher for our Homepage Editing Platform. We ended last year on a set of high notes as well, from product launches to signing up distinguished publishers like Borsen. This brings me to this year where we’re expanding the team and are currently looking for SUPER smart Front end and Back end Engineers, as well as more killer Sales talent together with loving Account Directors (/Jobs).

We’ll ask any new employee to sign the usual lawyer-ish documents that doesn’t really do much else than state $AMOUNT and #OPTIONS. We need those docs, of course, but what we really need is a pledge to a VR ethos! Therefore every new employee will be requested to SIGN the below pledge – it is the most important part of our agreement and we want new team members to truly commit to it.

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I will never stop learning. I won’t just work on things that are assigned to me.
I know there’s no such thing as a status quo.

I will build our business sustainably through passionate and loyal customers.
I understand that our customers drive our product, that simplicity and ease of use is paramount.
I’ll help deliver exceptional customer service at all times.

I will never pass up an opportunity to help out a colleague, and I’ll remember the days before I knew everything.
I am more motivated by making an impact than anything else. I will communicate as much as possible, because it’s the oxygen of our team. I am in a marathon, not a sprint, and no matter how far away the goal is, the only way to get there is by putting one foot in front of another every day. Given time and determination, there is no problem that’s insurmountable.

I am committed to making Visual Revenue the “Bloomberg terminal” of the News Room!

I really do care!

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Thanks to Charlie for coming up with the initial comments around our ethos – and thanks much to Automattic for inspiration to go ahead and do this in the first place!

NOW! (If you agree with the above Pledge) go have a look at some of the Exciting Job Openings.

Cheers :-)
/ Dennis (@dennismortensen)