The Axelerant Insider
March 2016
Whenever we can, Axelerant team members gather 'round and catch up face-to-face. Working within a remote culture like ours makes getting together in person to learn, teach, and socialize an absolute blast. This month is no different.
Axelerant Achievements
Michael was busy in Singapore at FOSSASIA 2016 giving several presentations, including: Successfully Leading Remote Teams, Setting & Sustaining Organizational Culture, and How to Shoot Open Source Photography. He was also the official event photographer. Check out his awesome coverage of the event.
Some New Team Member Achievements
- Mohit Aghera is a top-10 most viewed writers on Quora in Drupal-7 topic for March
- Nikita Jain cleared ISTQB - foundation level certification
- Piyush and Hussain's sessions were selected for DrupalCon New Orleans
- Sreenivasan Viswanathan became Certified Scrum overview
- Holly Ross and Dries Buytaert mentioned Axelerant in their posts
Great job, team!
Contributions
- 292 Drupal 8 commits by Axelerant
hussainweb : 210
rudraram : 12
alansaviolobo : 8
skippednote : 8
tkuldeep17 : 8
mohit_aghera : 7
aliyakhan : 7
truptti : 4
ankit agrawal : 4
miteshmap : 4
sushyl : 4
shwetaneelsharma : 2
rajeevk : 2
phantomvish : 2
lakshminp : 2
sabreena : 1
karthik kumar bodu : 1
am_sreenivasan : 1
nikitajain : 1
swati_qa : 1
alvimurtaza : 1
nikunjkotecha : 1
subharanjan : 1 - Saurabh and Subh supported several WordPress plugins through responding to over 20 forum questions.
Current Job Openings
53 team members strong and still hiring!
Referrals
Recommend the right people for Axelerant, and get a referral bonus!
See refer a friend for details.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
- Rajiv Singh: 2 year Employment Anniversary on April 3
- Ankit Agrawal: Birthday on April 16
- Sushil Hanwate: Birthday on April 7
- Sabreena Khursheed: Birthday on April 18
- Ankur Gupta: Birthday on April 22
Events
- March 18 - 20: FOSSAIA 2016
- April 4, 2016: Drupal Taiwan Meetup
- April 9, 2016: Drupal Global Training Day
Reference: Contributions & Events Tracker
Policy Changes
- Salary correction can be requested at the time of appraisal cycle i.e. July and January, once every three years.
- Axelerant will celebrate Marriage and Child Birth for team members by Gifting Rs 5100 for the occasion starting April 1, 2016.
- Heroes of the Month and Givers of the Month are on hold.
Reference: Inside Axelerant
Reminders
- If you'd like to contribute to the next newsletter, contact #hr
- Be sure to share photos on #general
- Family meetups have a ₹ 1600/family budget
- Submit expense reimbursements via Xero
