We had 2 parades this week. On Wednesday we had 2 Customer Loyalty Team groups combine forces - our Resource Desk (aka Rdesk) got together with our Incubation class for a joint parade. The people in RDesk are some of our most versatile, capable and experienced CLT Reps. The RDesk decorates their area with a pirate theme - "Arrrr Desk" - so that's the reason for the inflatable pirate and other swashbuckling items.
Everyone in our Incubation class just finished 4 weeks of New Hire training and now they are going through the 3 week Incubation program. Upon successful completion they'll join one of the CLT groups "on the floor" and be full fledged Reps. Many of Incubation paraders wore mock white plastic diapers to symbolize their relative newness.
Our second parade was put on by our Facilities Group on Thursday. It was an Easter parade with bright Spring colors and yes, bunny ears! Here they are in a group picture. The group has recently expanded and I think some of the new people were a bit incredulous that they'd be bunny hopping their way up and down both of our buildings. Our Facilities group handles all of our food & beverage needs, interior building maintenance and many special projects and services that makes Zappos such a fun place.
Love the Parades. How fun and weird is it to go to work and see an actual parade and explain all the loud noise while talking to one of our customers on the phone. Love Zappos, our culture and most of all our Parades. Please feel free to email me to set up your team parades. randre@zappos.com Peace!