This piece is shared as part of Pledge 1%’s #GivingTuesdayNow campaign, which highlights how Pledge 1% members and the business community are coming together as a force for good to combat COVID-19.
The first thing Addteq did in response to the pandemic was providing our team the ability to work from home. Being a leader in the DevOps industry allowed us to easily implement the trends, like cloud hosting, to maximize collaboration among the entire global team.
Our CEO, Sukhbir Dhillon explains further, “Earlier this decade we pivoted to cloud products and services. When we all walked out of work on March 11th, we didn’t have to do anything special to enable our employees to work from home. Our natural design helped us stay distanced while remaining as one team working together. Our consistent touch points and best practices enabled our team to provide the best Addteq experience to our customers during this difficult time.”
By allowing virtual gatherings during this mandated work from home time, Addteq has seen an increase in team morale. We are also noticing that new ideas are being surfaced daily from other team members. Addteq implemented a bi-weekly Friday all hands meeting where our founders, Sukhbir Dhillon and Amanda Deol, fill the team in on the latest Addteq information and offer some lighter conversation opportunities. We also have daily stretch/coffee breaks, monthly beer & brag sessions and we are working on a virtual ping-pong tournament. (Ping-pong is sort of our thing!)
“The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the definition of normal for the entire world. At Addteq, with all the employees globally working remotely, we have come closer to each other as an organization. We have our amazing teams working hard and positively to achieve better customer service satisfaction in these difficult times and helping all our customers in every way possible.” – Sneha Sheth – Chief Delivery Officer
We’ve also created some ways to cope in quarantine.
As the number of cases from the pandemic grew across the country, Addteq realized the need to help the community and local small businesses. Addteq is currently working in collaboration with the local Princeton Municipality to create a Fund to help the local business community. In addition, Addteq has decided to:
- Donate 1% of Addteq Software sales during the pandemic to various philanthropic efforts & organizations
- Offer free remote work products for Atlassian tools to non-profit or organizations with less than 500 users
- Accessibility and compliance app for Jira, Jira Service Desk, and Confluence called Unstoppable. Find out how to make your Confluence accessible.
- Confluence spreadsheet creation & collaboration with Excellentable. Stay collaborative while working remotely with Excellentable.
- Extended employee volunteer time off opportunities so our employees can provide any assistance that is needed
- Virtual training for DevOps & Atlassian and technical assistance by our employees
As the situation continues to unfold, Addteq is committed to adapting and persevering for you and with you, during this time. From all of us at Addteq we hope you keep calm, stay productive and remember, this too shall pass. Stay Safe.
If you want to learn more about the solutions Addteq is providing for our team, customers, local businesses, and Americans alike, please reach out to sales@addteq.com.
