Professional.. with a Touch of Whimsy

I have spent a lot of time over the past few weeks interviewing job candidates for positions at ScriptEd.  I'm asked the question "What is ScriptEd's culture like?" over and over again by interviewees.

This is a really tough question to answer.  There is so much that goes into our culture, and it feels like it's still shifting as our team continues to find its identity.  So far, the best answer we've been able to come up with is "Professional.... with a touch a whimsy."

ScriptEd is an organization that values professionalism and measurable results.  We collect an enormous amount of data on our program to measure student learning, volunteer engagement, company satisfaction, school satisfaction and student outcomes.

At the same time, we're working with kids and we love to have fun.  So every once in a while, we get a hint of whimsy in our culture.  For example, we had a program wide selfie competition happen towards the end of the school year.  We celebrate our employees birthdays by making them King or Queen for the day.  We do shakedowns at hackathons.

The work we do is hard, and we are fighting an uphill battle for our kids every day. We're not making a ton of money.  If we can make our work fun, I think everyone wins.

Volunteer Daniel at our Rainbow Themed Hackathon