In the race of innovation and transformation, the idea of stability has somehow lost the priority in the organizations. Today, most organizations are struggling to find the right balance between stability and change, which has affected the workforce. However, even in the current transformational business scenario Ubertesters has effectively prioritized the stability benefits and offers perks to the employees in whatever way it can.
Ubertesters benefits include taking care of the compensation and provide the appropriate pay according to the position and also offer merit pay increases upon review. The work culture is friendly and employees are encouraged to create a happy workplace. The personal and professional milestones of the employees are equally given primacy, which is the reason that the company hosts events twice a year. In addition to this, from time to time the whole staff is invited over lunch for the monthly business review meeting. In these meetings, the chiefs share business results with the employees so that they can feel proud and part of the success and growth. The aforementioned benefits augment the company’s sense of security and stability.
Leading With a Unique Point Of View
Ran Rachlin (Co-founder and CEO) of Ubertesters is the pioneer of optimizing the mobile testing process. Ran is a renowned speaker in several industry events and is known for his unique perspective towards the QA and testing world. Before becoming the forerunner of the company, Ran initially held several high-profile management roles in General Engineers (The Israeli distributor of GE), Mul-T-Lock, and Silicom Inc (NASDAQ: SILC). Ran holds an MBA Degree with honors, which has helped him to bring his experience in management and business development. These management skills that he acquired through his journey help him to guide his team on their way to success.
Ran also has a massive global experience of managing and leading new initiatives from inception to implementation and bringing significant sales. Besides, he has managed large global organizations in different countries. Due to his experience of serving the industry, he understands the importance of creating a culture of excellence. He actively promotes an environment where the employees feel motivated and are encouraged to perform well. Ran believes to “Make it fun”, as he understands that people work better when they love what they do. Ran believes that the employees cannot perform strict tasks all day without fun, so he promotes a fun environment to work in.
“The vision must be well communicated from the CEO to all employees so that they feel part of the vision and not just focused on their daily tasks,” says Ran. He creates a culture of excellence throughout the company by clearing defining the vision for the company’s goal and purpose. Furthermore, accountability and recognition are equally practiced at Ubertesters i.e. all employees are accountable to achieve their personal goals and company goals. In addition, the leader closely notices the work and holds the employee accountable when he/she is underperforming, or recognize when a job is done well, which helps to keep the employee motivated.
Leading In Optimizing Mobile Testing Process
Today, Ubertesters offers a crowd of global, professional testers for hire with devices that can test any digital product and provide feedback to clients. The tests are done with real people using real devices and provide real-time feedback to the client about the usability and functionality of their digital product. It allows the client to launch any product with confidence, knowing it was tested vigorously by real people and all at an extremely affordable price. . In the initial years of inception, Ubertesters entered the QA services market, which was already dominated by several renowned companies. Despite the competition, the company focused on its first value that was “Superlative Support”. Keeping client satisfaction on the priority, the team focused on listening to clients’ problems and offer customized solutions that would really address the needs and concerns.
Furthermore, the focus was on the SMBs by offering them the required flexibility, fast and superb service, and being cost-effective. “We wanted to be positioned as a “Valued Advisor” in the QA field and become more of a consultant and advisor on how to build a better QA organization and not just being a seller,” shares Ran.
Recognizing and Celebrating Employee Milestones
Recognizing milestones of an employee in the workplace is always important. Appreciating even the smallest details would not only improve company morale but also employee engagement. At Ubertesters, the company recognizes and celebrates three main milestones of the employee at a personal level, and two company level milestones during the year. On the personal level, the staff is aware of employees’ birthday, the work anniversary and the employee’s ability to meet and accomplish a certain “Power task” given to him/her. On achieving each of these milestones, the employee is rewarded with a recognition email directly from the supervisor and from the CEO of the company too. In addition, for their birthday and anniversary, they get a special treat such as bottle of expensive wine, fruit basket, chocolate basket, etc. Lastly, employees get public recognition in the next company monthly business review (MBR) update.
Apart from this, at the company level, the milestones are celebrated with two major company events for all employees —mid-year summer event for the employees and family members, and year-end, new-year party night.
Making Employees Feel Empowered and Well Recognised
Ubertesters understand that the growth and all-round development of an employee are equally important. The team analyses the potential of each employee vs. their readiness for growth. After the team identifies that certain employees can grow to the next level, there is proper investment in their growth through training and development. Since Ubertesters belongs to the QA/testing field, the chosen employees are sent to a QA class to acquire a better understanding of the market and what the company offers. The employees are also benefitted with internal monitoring and get assigned a mentor so that they can learn from the best.
The most important part of the culture that the team of Ubertesters whole-heartedly promotes is out-of-the-box thinking. The creative ideas are always welcomed and appreciated and recognized. Employees that come up with new ideas, concepts, or actions that help the company to grow and improve the offerings are always acknowledged. These employees are rewarded both financially as well as during company meetings so that they feel empowered and well recognized.
