Our team is like one big, happy family, so every new hire means welcoming another member to the Expensify family. In July alone, the Expensify team grew a crazy 26%, bringing the total number of full-time employees from 24 people in January to our current number at 45.
The Breakdown
In the last few weeks, we grew our team by a total of 9 people: 4 in sales, 4 in engineering, and 1 in marketing. In August, we’ll be adding another 4 people who will be working remotely from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan.
Why the sudden ramp up?
Truth be told, we’re pretty picky about who we hire. We extend offers to candidates who can resonate with and thrive in our culture, but who can also get shit done. As a result, we sometimes extend an offer to those who can’t start immediately, and we work with them to figure out an ideal situation for both parties. In other cases, the right person came along at the right time, just as we were thinking about creating a new role. More than that however, we’re flooded with hundreds of inbound leads a day. As a result, we’ve purposefully grown the sales team to meet demand, well, because we need it!
Now, Onward!
Things are changing quickly now that we’re close to the big five-oh. More colleagues means expanding our space, even including a work space inspired by the window counter at Peet’s Coffee. We’ve implemented new software for on boarding new hires. We’re ramping up for our biggest offshore ever in September, but not before a trip up to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan to meet the other half of the team in mid-August.
Most of all, we’re excited to welcome everyone into the family and expose them to San Francisco. From Giants games to local hikes and then some, you can be sure that things will get real cozy, real fast here in the next few months.
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