Over time we’ve realised that while we’re super excited about shaping the future of design, a big part of why people join us and stick with us is because they resonate with our way of life. You could call it work culture - but it ends up becoming more than just that.
It’s taken us time to discover and articulate what our culture feels like, this evolving document is an attempt to candidly share what it’s like working at Aumbre
First of all, we are a completely remote and distributed Team. At Aumbre, work is personal. You could blame this on us being existential, but most of us are spending the best years of our lives doing this and we want to be purposeful about the kind of workplace we’re trying to create. Our purpose is about why we’re here and what we care about:-
Personal Transformation - We like to think of Aumbre as being a gym for our careers. It’s where we come to do great work we can be proud of and push ourselves in the pursuit of excellence.
Is it comfortable? No. Is it painful? Sometimes. Is it fulfilling? Yes.
We were never the company that was supposed to win - We started out of a room, solo founder, early designers and developers who hadn’t aced design in their lives setting out to build a global design company.
Our roots are in doing things we are unqualified for and we bet on people who want that journey for themselves. There are stories of people across the company from a 20 year old who’s never done sales closing enterprise deals to a college intern owning an enterprise brand identity lifecycle - these are the stories we are proud of. If someone can look back after 2 years of working at Aumbre and say they don’t identify with who they were, we’d call it a success and we want to help them get there.
Wealth Creation - Somehow most companies are shy about wanting to make money. It’s looked at as this thing which everyone does but no one really talks about. We’re not ashamed of doing it for the money. Wealth unlocks choice. If life is an amusement park, we think there is value to getting an unlimited rides pass. It's purposeful for us to try to create wealth that allows people to achieve their life's dreams - whether that's owning a house or booking a dream vacation for their parents. We do this by ensuring everyone in the team gets project commision and there are generous cash & equity bumps on a frequent basis to reward performance and alignment in values.
Winning Together - We’re not here for a participation certificate. We’re playing to win. The keyword here is ‘together’. Winning ‘together’ is about recognising it’s a team sport. We don't care about man of the match awards, either we win the trophy or we don’t. There is a certain camaraderie that comes with winning together that’s hard to explain, but it’s deeply fulfilling and energising. The question we ask ourselves is - can we play the game like it’s never been played before?
Our values are about how we do what we do. Values define the right thing to do. We hire, reward and sometimes have to let go based on our values. ****We have 5 core values:-