The Stormotion Team: What Makes Us Special?

It works the same way for us. At Stormotion, these are the people who fuel up development with their expertise, empathy, and curiosity. Combined with horizontal corporate culture, we managed to create a safe space for the boldest ideas both from our clients and from within the team. That’s how we co-create the products for 5 years already that are reshaping the Fitness, Mindfulness, IoT, and HealthTech industries right now.

In this article, we’ll share some ingredients of our “secret sauce” so you can have a better idea of what working with us may look like. Read on!

 
 

💙 How our Values Shape our Work Style

One of the main ingredients of any sauce is broth or oil, and Stormotion believes that one of the key components of success is values. Yet, this is not just a set of rules that every employee needs to learn like a multiplication table. This is something we believe in and put into practice.

Moreover, our values shape the way we co-own & deliver our projects as well as share responsibilities within the team. Thus, by getting to know us better you’ll also have a clearer understanding of what you can expect when cooperating with our team.

So what are our core values and how do they shape our work style? Let’s dive in!

 
 

Diversity 🧑‍💻

Share our Similarities, Celebrate our Differences

A diverse team is an opportunity for us to bring together people who have diverse experiences, different approaches to work, unique knowledge and skills. A more diverse team in practice offers more innovative ideas and solutions.

Moreover, being open to people with different backgrounds and traits allowed us to hire great team members that otherwise could be looked through. A brief portrait of the Stormotion team looks as follows:

In addition to helping within the team, Stormotion always supports the initiatives of our teammates to attend specialized meetups and conferences. Keep on reading as we’ll share how exactly we encourage our employees to obtain new knowledge down below.

 
 

Equality 🟰

Ideas over Hierarchy

Ideas always come first. It’s not that important what position a person holds, if they have a cool idea to optimize our workflows — we will always listen and think of ways to implement it.

First of all, it helps people in our team feel they’re an important part of it. Such an approach is also reflected in our corporate culture, influencing the way we work and communicate with each other and our partners. Let’s learn more about it!

 
 

🤝 What does Our Corporate Culture Look Like?

The core values we just mentioned above make up the backbone of our corporate culture. As we value ownership, innovation, and equality, it directly impacts the way we structure our teams.

A horizontal corporate culture may be the closest term to what we’ve built at Stormotion. This is a way of organizing management in which people mean more than their titles so the hierarchy is not so strict. Such a structure is often used by start-ups that want to remain flexible.

This type of organization has its advantages:

• Collaborative way of thinking, when employees are directly involved in the decision-making processes.
• Fast communication within the team, including the C-level.
• Generation of new ideas is fostered as everyone can share their vision and has a broad competence.
• Encouraging autonomy of team members without excess supervision.
• Local decisions are made more quickly as teams have more autonomy and rely on collaboration.

Due to the flat structure, everyone in the team is open to communication and ready to help. That’s why sometimes you can find our co-workers and founders in the office kitchen, discussing new ideas over a cup of coffee.

However, now many people are starting their journey in the IT field and it’s very difficult to find the first job without any experience. At Stormotion, we don’t immediately cut off such candidates if they have good English and basic knowledge in a particular area. It’s important for us that a person has the desire to develop and work — and we’ll help with gaining the experience!

In the beginning, every new employee has their own mentor, to help with all tasks, answer questions and review their work. We select tasks for beginners based on their level of knowledge and skills. Over time, we make tasks more difficult and at each stage we teach and share our knowledge. Therefore, it helps our employees to gain valuable experience without negatively affecting the quality of our projects.

 
 

📋 How Do We Build the Stormotion Team?

Finding new people to join the team is a very responsible task. We want further cooperation to be as useful as possible for us and for the candidate. Therefore, we try to make sure that a person not only fits all the vacancy requirements but also that the company will give them the opportunity to develop and build their career.

Usually, an HR manager, a team leader, and the CEO or CTO of the company are present at the call. The interview usually includes a few blocks: we ask about background and prior experience, give some position-related questions, and finally some questions in English. We also learn about candidate’s expectations and provide feedback on the assessment task. We try to explain key mistakes and successes so that the candidate understands the direction for improvement if we don’t have a match.

We come back with our decision within 1-2 days.

 
 

🎁 Stormotion’s People Care: What We Give our Teammates

As a company, we’re interested in creating a comfortable work environment for all our employees. And if we go straight to the point, there are three main things that help us to maintain a healthy, friendly, and pleasant atmosphere for our teammates: careful onboarding, opportunities to develop new skills, and emotional support. Let's find out more about it!

 
 

Careful onboarding 👋

The process of adapting employees to a new team and workplace can change the whole experience. Just imagine, you come to a mobile store to buy a new smartphone, and no one pays attention to you. Consultants don’t approach you and don’t help with the choice. In such situations, a person feels confused. The same is true for companies.

A new job is a way out of the comfort zone and a potentially stressful situation for any person. So if at the initial stages a company doesn’t help newcomers to join the team and feel like a part of it, this will affect the quality of their work as well as their overall experience with the company.

Productivity at work is directly related to the emotional state of a person. Therefore, the support of our employees, comfortable working conditions, flexible hours, and understanding of people help prevent burnout in our team.

 
 

💡 Takeaways

Well, now you know a little more about Stormotion and our "secret ingredients" of success:

• Our set of values that makes us who we are.
• Soft skills that help us deliver Digital Products we’re proud of.
• Best hiring and human care practices to make sure everyone feels comfortable and motivated to develop & grow.