Rocking It Out In Boston
By Anthony Longo 20 04 2008
The Boston Business Journal did a fun article last week on: Companies embrace rocking out at work.
We were intervied on the fact and we thought we should share with you as it is article in which shows our companies ability to continue to stay innovative! “Motion creates Emotion, right” - Boiler Room
Brian Dame loves to watch Erik Dasque, his supervisor at BzzAgent Inc., shriek to Iron Maiden’s heavy metal anthem “Run to the Hills.” It’s just one of the recurring highlights that he and his co-workers revel in each month when they gather in a spare conference room to play the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
“We’ll have a lot of people who are normally shy and quiet, and they’ll walk in and belt out a song like nobody’s watching,” said Dame, 39, a senior engineer at the Boston-based word-of-mouth marketing company. “One of the great things about working here is that there is a culture that goes beyond work. You’re spending eight hours a day with these people, so you should have some fun with them once in a while.”
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Indeed, mimicking a West Coast work culture was exactly what Tony Longo, founder of three-year-old Boston-based luxury real estate startup CondoDomain.com, was after when he purchased a Wii for his office.
“A lot of my business associates are on the West Coast and every time we go out there I’m amazed at the office settings,” said Longo. “I try to bring that West Coast feeling here.”
This is totally right. Before I’ve started working as a Toronto real estate agent I was working few years in one company, very well-known nowadays. Decade ago it was a small high-tech company with really good prospects in future. But I am sure that nobody predicted such a great success that time. It is not such a surprise if thinking about the company now. It was small team with the special spirit. Boss and owner in one person was very encouraging and innovative. He really stressed importance of company culture and identity. Everything in a company was totally different from everything else (Relationship between boss and employees, premises, team building activities). Company was pioneering new model of successful high-tech company. Recently I have read about company culture in Google and it is quite similar to my former job
Hey thanks for the comment! We are trying to do our own thing…no need to stick to anything traditional in our model! New video of us playing the Wii coming soon! PS - nobody has beat me in Tennis yet!