After 2,471 paper jams and 1 small fire, the Finance team has finally gotten a new copy machine!! And it is a big deal! Every Thursday for 2 months the old copy machine would just stop working, as if it were saying "Hey you know what? I need to take a break, so I'm going to be over here chillaxin (chillin' and relaxin')." We in finance were not being wowed by the frequent breaks, so we decided to go copy machine shopping. Someone was so un-wowed they even wrote a break up letter:
Dearest Multi Printer,
This breakup letter should come as no surprise nor cause any heartache to someone as cold hearted as you. Time and again we've tried to get you to show me how much you care. Time and again we've been rudefully rebuffed. We have emotions. We have needs.... we have love to express. But you, Ms. Selfish, just don't care that you make us feel like our needs, emotions and loving intentions are shamefully wrong. Well news flash, Multi-Printer, they aren't. So, after this long time together we are ending this charade of a relationship in hopes of finding someone who is mechanically mature enough to love us like we need to be.
Love,
Finance
Welcome to the very first pulse-pounding post from Zappos.com’s HR and Training departments! For all you feverish fans out there, this is the place to learn about the activities, events, and just plain wackadoo things that we do, straight from the source!
So without further ado, let’s get to it!
From Shannon “Shanadoo” R., one of our truly amazing Recruiting Assistants:
“Early one morning, while pondering the state of the world, Eric, Jacob and I bantered back and forth about holding a company-wide typing contest. The more we talked, the grander the plans became….and the more real! Soon the call went out to all Las Vegas Zappos.com employees:
So Your Momma Can't Dance and Your Daddy Can't Rock & Roll---But CAN YOU TYPE?! Thus, the first ever typing competition becomes a reality!"
Below is a video account of our first ever typing contest!
In other news, Training Manager, Rachael B., has a weird thing for bubbles. I sit facing her and I can tell you I’ve never seen anyone sooo excited over bubbles. My phone and desk are permanently encrusted with bubble residue. To share her bizarre fascination with the rest of the company, she got HR and Training together and a Bubble Parade was born! In true Zappos (and HR / Training) fashion, wackiness ensued…
Here’s the bubble head herself, the lovely Rachael B, in the midst of the parade!
HR and Training in full bubble regalia. ‘Nuff said. ;)
Some parting notes:
What makes Recruiting blow milk out their collective nose:
Coming Soon:
-Zappos.com Annual Employee Picnic! (oooh…)
-HR’s Monthly Outing! (ah….)
-And, Random Rozzy Thoughts!! (wha…???)
Oh, and we’re hiring!!!
Last Friday was Chrissie's Birthday and like all Birthdays here in Finance
we decorated her desk in a very crazy way, this time we added something a
little out of the ordinary!
March Madness that is! Like always Finance went all out, this time around Finance
threw a March Madness parade. Helping spread the madness, leading the Allstar Varsity Team was Nothing but Net Jimmy and White Chocolate Johnny dribbling the team through the halls! Frank and Devlyn lead the cheerleaders and the Finance Mascots pumped up the crazy Zappos fans! The Referees and Coaches were on hand to closely watch for any foul plays!! Of course like any sporting event there were plenty of peanuts and cotton candy flying through the air to feed the crowd. Big thanks to Audrea for organizing the Madness!
A few weeks ago we posted this, a quick look at what our upcoming VIP site may look like. Well the time seemed about right to present another peek at the new site. Below we have a pic of what part of the home page may look like. Of course there is a lot ot tweaking still to be had and it will evolve over time, but we thought we'd share it with ya!
So if you are one of my 5 loyal readers (I am that popular) you'll know that I host an unhealthy obsession with argyle. But the best part about this is that I have learned there are others more obsessed than I am here at Zappos. Awesome! The pic below is the second of this repeat argyle offender, and from what I was told by her is that there will be 50 separate argyle pieces to come over the coming months. 50? That is a lot, I suggest argyle therapy for her! If you are interested in jumping on the argyle bandwagon we can help ya out with some argyle pieces here at Zappos.com! Hopefully we'll carry more soon!! If so I would be our biggest customer!
So, there is this lady, let just call her Lynn shall we? Anyhoo, this lady, Lynn if you will, sits at this desk and claims to do something or other for this web site Zappos.com. Something about UX or something? Who knows. Anyhoo (part two), while UX'ing apparently she takes some personal web browsing breaks. How do I know this information? Just look at the photo below and you decide whether I need to talk to her about her productivity. Sheesh!
It's been a long time coming but we are finally getting close to beta launching our new and improved web site! We've been working hard at trying to create a better experience for you, and we are about ready to begin sneak peeking various parts of the soon-to-be VIP site. So many people and teams have been working crazy hard to rebuild are underlying architecture, user-interface, look and feel and overall experience. Below is a snippet of one lonely page on the site, millions more are just waiting to be viewed! The time will come!
Recently we visited Universal Studios to film our soon-to-be new TV commercial. As far as TV commercials go this one rules, and I say this not because I work at Zappos, but because it just feels so good (and the song is so stuck in my head)! Short of giving too much away about it, I will share the below pics. But true to Zappos form it is certainly feel good, be weird, and very Zappos! I'll just leave you a little hanging to see more :-)
Regarding my earlier post, well, walking around the office more Argyle was spotted. Luckily the two ladies were not too camera shy and were willing to pose for an Argyle pic with me! It sparked a thought in me, maybe Argyle is the new Zappos! Or better yet, maybe these are the beginnings of a Zappos.com uniform! SIgn me up!
I love it when accidents happen, especially when they involve my favorite pattern, Argyle! Today, on this lovely Valentine's Day 2008, during a weekly "status meeting" we discovered just how fashionably alike several of us are. We were brought together by the Argyle ties that bind. Did I mention it was my favorite pattern? It's quite the conversation starter I might add! Oh, my Argyle socks and shoes (Ben Sherman) are sadly not visible in these pics. But trust me, they are there!
