VoIP Innovations
Pittsburgh, PA
Grade: A
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Summary: Monthly awards, free-lunch Fridays, pot luck parties, Fully stocked rec room, C.O.R.E. (cultivate, overcome, respect, evolve) Values. Scotch bar happy hour. Solid longevity, sponsored kickboxing and more. |
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Intro: Our culture, results-oriented and family-style environment attracts candidates to our company. |
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Impact statements:
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Advancement Opportunities:
We promote from within providing opportunities for growth and development as our teams build their departments through coaching, advising, training, challenging, and empowering.
Medical benefits:
We foster family well-being by offering a premium group health plan (paying at least half of the premium) for comprehensive medical coverage. We also have a TPA on hand to help with claims and employee assistance programs.
Community service/charitable causes:
We absolutely support giving back to our community and donating to charitable causes. Through the Tapolci Foundation, we strive to be a model leader in our region for charitable contributions, education, and community service, and we encourage other organizations to do the same.
Measuring satisfaction:
Surveys, consistent Work-Withs (individual meetings) and team meetings measure satisfaction.
Our open layout contributes to team member satisfaction. Walls of cubicles are low enough to still provide personal space and concentration, but also invite interaction and comradery. Our game room and pub are also office favorites and keep the satisfaction level quite high!
Creative meeting places:
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Picnic tables |
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Resorts |
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Amusement parks |
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Restaurants |
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Hotels |
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Personal Homes |
Perks:
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Free Lunch Friday |
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Free food and snacks for all training and most meetings |
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Candy in the office |
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Special employee appreciation treats such as ice cream, sundae and coffee bars |
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Celebrations of milestone birthdays and company anniversaries |
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We have paid volunteer events and paid quarterly sports activities |
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We host a lot of pot luck parties |
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Scotch bar happy hour gatherings |
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We have a ping pong table, arcade machine, dart board, and shuffle board in our rec room. |
Fun:
To help promote health and wellness, our teams are encouraged to:
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Play ping pong |
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Try their talent at the arcade game |
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Stretch with our ergonomically designed stand up desks |
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Leisure walks around the building |
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Trips to the gym at lunch |
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Card playing |
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Video/social media throughout the day |
How corporate vision is communicated:
We communicate the actions items and goals from our Strategic Planning Sessions through Align Software, daily, and monthly meetings. We share our vision through our outreach and corporate programs that actively involve our employees. We also have an employee recognition board where employees can put magnets next to other employee names who have showed signs of our C.O.R.E. (cultivate, overcome, respect, evolve) Values.
Empowering employees:
Our employees are encouraged to have a voice and we allow this through our daily huddles (meetings), individual Work-Withs, company meetings, and through surveys on our company Portal. We constantly ask for feedback and regularly check in with employees regarding the need for change and why and how change will come about. Our managers have been trained on Change Management.
We promote recognition with the monthly EOTM award shared and communicated at our company meetings, the CORE values recognition board which allows all to participate and recognize in an immediate manner. Our Marketing and Social Media team is consistent at sharing photos, awards and recognition through various social media channels on a regular basis.
Our NOC or call center teams have direct contact with our customers/carriers and are encouraged to waive fees or make decisions that will best support the customer needs. Our employees are trained to escalate matters if they do not feel comfortable with making the decision at hand.
Ensuring well-being:
It is up to each department head to determine the work hours for their teams. We generally work daylight hours of slightly varied times throughout the company to accommodate our customers.
The company sponsors group events including kick boxing, zip lining, Tough Mudder, 5K races, Escape Room activities, Quarterly Recreational Sports events, and paid happy hours/luncheons for employees to relax, re-group, exercise, and team build together.
Longevity:
We have very good retention with staff over 5 years. For instance:
- Our development team ranges from from 6 to 15 years.
- 14% of our staff is 10-14 years
6% of our staff has a tenure of 15 -19 years.
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Closing company statements: The hiring process involves much more than great talent. They must be a good fit with our culture, which includes characteristics of being humble, portraying a good attitude, having the will and ability to learn (being hungry), having integrity, and most importantly being a good team player. |
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