Our February New Hires
The first day on a new job is like the first day of school. You come in, curious of how you will get up to speed quickly and be able to hit the ground running. You wonder where you will fit in and if you will be given the tools to be successful.
Here at the Rubicon Project, we want our team members to be knowledgeable about our business and our industry. We do not believe in teaching people how to do one thing and one thing only: their job. We believe in teaching people more than they need to know to be successful in their day to day tasks. For example, if you come on board as a sales person, we won’t just teach you how to pitch a client. We will teach you how our optimization works, what languages we code in, the history and reasons for building the business, and who our top customers and partners are. We want all our employees to have a well rounded knowledge base of what goes on here (across departments) and where we are headed as a business.
That being said, new hire training is intense! Taking place over an entire week once a month, new hires from every department last through 14 hours of training. Based on a small college class model, the trainings are interactive, informative, and human. The trainers (all internal folks representing different departments) are able to share stories, anecdotes, and answer questions from the small group in a workshop setting.
Graduating from the Rubicon Project’s new hire training program is no small feat. We are proud to say that every single one of our team members has experienced and successfully completed our intense new hire program. It is part of why we have been successful in creating this unbelievable team. Also, it is part of a larger philosophy of continued education that we will talk more about in later posts. We want our team members to constantly be growing, learning, and pushing themselves. So far- they haven’t disappointed us!
Quotes from our recent new hire training graduates:
“All of the training presentations have given me a great insight into Rubicon’s product suite, future goals and company culture and values. In addition to this everyone I have encountered in the office has been not only a master in their field but able to offer insights into the online advertising industry as a whole. I feel welcomed, excited and ready to get sucked in!” -Nina Harvey (Publisher Solutions, UK)
“Training, for me, was a great way to see how this company works as a whole! I feel like everyone is really empowered by all the support that is given to each other. I know there’s going to be a lot of work moving forward but I know I’ll get the help whenever it’s needed.” -Monica Fonseca (Finance, LA)
“Training has been like learning a new language, but the team has been really encouraging and super patient with me. I’m really stoked to finally be part of the Rubicon family!” -Natalie Yoo (Publisher Development, NY)
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