iDecorama Culture Code Manifesto
Probably The MOST Important Document You’ll Read Working Here. Laid down by Bharat Sethi, CEO & Co-Founder, iDecorama
#1
No a$$holes allowed. This one is pretty self-explanatory. No political climbers, jerks, bullies, yellers, slackers, negative BS. We like to operate in a climate of mutual respect, and when one bad egg crosses the line, they need to go before they sour the whole bunch, regardless of how talented they are.
#2
EQ > IQ
#3
We Respect “Fully Grown Adults”. We aren’t fooling around here. This is a team of professionals working on a common mission
#4
Be obsessive about your customers, not competitors. Users-first before company, team, and yourself
#5
Having autonomy doesn’t mean crap, if you don’t act. Don’t over-think it. JFDI - Just Fu#@ing do it
#6
If you’re delivering value and become a large part of our small team, we won’t ever let you go - no matter what we have to do. Promise.
#7
Your colleagues have the right to clear, candid and constructive feedback. The management can ask for this anytime.
#8
We have zero tolerance for deliberate mediocrity
#9
We believe remarkable outcomes rarely come from moderate risk
#10
Influence, Respect, Power is independent of hierarchy or age here.
#11
We love giving directions on where to go -- not directions on how to get there.
#12
Honesty Always.
#13
We’re suckers for consistently high performance.
#14
Be self motivating, self aware, self disciplined, self improving. We don’t like to spoon feed.
#15
Pick up the trash lying on the floor. Behave like an owner.
#16
Thrive on freedom, but first, be worthy of that freedom.
#17
We like to get things done with a strong sense of urgency, because we are always racing against time.
#18
If you don’t respect your colleagues, customers, users and investors - you can leave.
#19
Nothing will happen, unless you make it happen.
#20
Be a doer and take initiatives, not just a talker.
#21
Fail fast, and fail often because that’s the only way you can learn.
#22
We like to celebrate great things. There is no celebration for ordinary or above average achievements.
#23
You’re encouraged to have an opinion and have a healthy debate.
#24
You can be anyone you want here. Feel free to explore yourself, but with the right mindset thinking in the best interest of the product, users and your own growth.
#25
DO NOT expect others to test your brilliant code for you.
#26
Your job is not to ship code. It’s to help your company win. It’s to help yourself win. It’s to help your users win.
#27
Every day that you spend not improving the product, is a wasted day.
#28
You have freedom to always improve our techniques, process, and technology whenever we need to. In fact, this is where you add real value and this goes a long way. We really respect initiatives in this direction.
#29
As a startup coder you must balance competing priorities including speed, cost, quality, UX, design, and scalability.
#30
We take design seriously. Very, very seriously.