WordPress Automattic: Virtual Corporate Culture

WORDPRESSI AUTOMATTIC VIRTUAL CORPORATE CULTURE FACTS AND FIGURES ON AUTOMATTIC AND HOW THEY RUN THEIR DISTRIBUTED COMPANY 1 190 141 EMPLOYEES CITIES 28 $1B 6 COUNTRIES VALUATION EACH EMPLOYEE GETS: (ALMOST ALL OF WHOM WORK FROM HOME OFFICES) $2000 STIPEND TO DECORATE $ THEIR HOME OFFICES LATEST APPLE COMPUTERS AND DEVICES REIMBURSEMENT FOR RENT CO-LOCATION WORKSPACES THE COMPANY KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED AN OFFICE TO RUN THE BUSINESS OFFICE SPACE SAVINGS = ED LARGE TRAVEL BUDGET THE YEARLY GRAND MEET UP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES TO MEET FACE TO FACE FOR TEAM BUILDING LOCATIONS HAVE INCLUDED SAN FRANCISCO QUEBEC, CANADA; AMSTERDAM PORTUGAL LA PAZ, MEXICO; LISBON FOUNDER MATT MULLENWEG SAYS ONLINE IS THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR COMMUNICATIÓN EMPLOYEES USE VARIOUS ONLINE COMMUNICATION TOOLS: AIM WORDPRESS/AUTOMATTIC FOR THE PEOPLE A LOOK INTO AUTOMATTIC'S ONLINE EMPIRE 66M* 3.5M WORDPRESS-BASED WEBSITES WORLDWIDE WORDPRESS-BASED MONTHLY PAGE VIEWS 48% OF TECHNORATI'S TOP 100 BLOGS RAN IN WORDPRESS 18.9% OF WEBSITES RUN ON WORDPRESS 74.3M 48M BLOGS AND COUNTING ON WORDPRESS.COM NEW COMMENTS ARE POSTED MONTHLY MANAGING AND OTHER DISTRIBUTED COMPANIES TOP DISTRIBUTED COMPANIES AND THE BENEFITS 1. AUTOMATTIC 95% REMOTE 221 EMPLOYEES 2. MYSOL F0% REMOTE 135 EMPLOYEES 3. BASHO 50% REMOTE 115 EMPLOYEES 4. GİTHUB 115 EMPLOYEES 5. STACKEXCHANGE 50% REMOTE 75 EMPLOYEES WITH NO IT PERSON TO FIX THINGS, AUTOMATTIC EMPLOYEES GET THE BEST LATEST EQUIPMENT COLLECTIVE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION MAKES THE COMPANY ESSENTIALLY ESSENTIALLY ACTIVE 24-7 DISTRACTIONS SUCH AS OFFICE POLITICS DISAPPEAR, POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY TIME INCREASES GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD ALLOWS FOR A WIDER RANGE OF CHOICE FOR SKILLED EMPLÖYEES TOPMANAGEMENT DEGREES.COM RESOURCES http://www.ananova.com/10-interesting-wordpress-facts/ http://automattic.com/work-with-us/ http://www.businessinsider.com/another-blog-platform-automattic-joins-tumblr-in-the-1-billion-valuation- club-2013-5 http://www.businessįnsįder.com/automattic-no-email-no-office-workers-2013-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/automattics-awesome-remote-work-culture-2013-8 http://ma.tt/2009/05/how-p2-changed-automattic/ http://www.poststat.us/2013-state-of-the-word-from-matt-mullenweg/ http://qz.com/59434/remote-jason-frieds-next-book-is-a-refutation-of-everything-marissa-mayer-has-said- about-remote-workers/ http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/01/16/internet-2012-in-numbers/ http://www.slideshare.net/beaulebens/o2-wcsf2013 http://scottberkun.com/2013/how-many-companies-are-100-distributed/ http://torquemag.io/state-of-the-word-áddress-2013/ http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390443571904577631750172652114