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!

• Drupal Developer
• Social Media Marketer

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