We kicked off 2023 with Roblox Week at HQ in San Mateo, CA. Roblox Week takes a typical firm all-hands to the following stage – our crew gathers in individual for per week of actions that foster worker connection, create a way of group, and rejoice the technical improvements we’re constructing to drive the way forward for our platform and enterprise. Following the success of our first Roblox Week in July of 2022, we determined to kick-start the brand new yr with one other occasion, bringing everybody collectively to align on our shared imaginative and prescient to maneuver the corporate and product ahead.
Roblox CEO and Founder Dave Baszucki mirrored on the ability of our individuals and the Roblox Working System: “If we have now wonderful individuals and leaders, robust processes to construct our groups, duty in any respect ranges, modern methods to supply autonomy in our work, and a plan to maintain all of it linked collectively, that’s actually the product we work on. If we construct this product, take duty and construct it very well, we then find yourself constructing this different product known as Roblox, difficult one another to attain our imaginative and prescient, and executing at an unbelievable stage.”
Momentum Round Our Imaginative and prescient
All through the week, workers had the possibility to attach at numerous hosted happenings on and round our campus. The primary occasion? An in-person City Corridor the place the Roblox government crew talked about our formidable product roadmap for 2023, detailed the technical challenges we’ll want to unravel to attain our roadmap, and celebrated wins from our robust 2022. The vitality within the room was palpable as workers heard in regards to the thrilling expedition forward for our firm.
“It was nice to listen to from a wide range of Roblox’s leaders in regards to the formidable imaginative and prescient we have now for the long run. True ardour and dedication to the platform was evident in each phrase they spoke, and it was inspiring to see the course we’re heading,” shared John Stauffer, VP of Engineering for the Engine group.
Collaboration Drives Innovation
Along with the broader firm occasions, many groups and teams used the intentional time collectively to carry their very own collaboration classes – facilitating occasions like strategic offsites, whiteboard jam classes, worker useful resource group mixers, and extra.
Folks leaders have been additionally invited to attend our Roblox in Management occasion, the place they heard from a panel of our government crew on anecdotes and learnings from their very own experiences as managers. “It was useful to listen to views from different leaders about what they’ve discovered from their individuals administration experiences. The methods that labored, a few of the issues that didn’t, and the way I can apply these learnings in my day-to-day,” shared Kim Centeno, Head of Product Advertising at Roblox.
Roblox Week culminated in a sendoff gathering that includes dozens of innovation cubicles, the place groups throughout the corporate created shows to offer a peek into their day-to-day work. Staff had the possibility to attach with groups they may not work with regularly, bridging collaboration gaps and offering your complete group with a broader understanding of our enterprise.
“[Roblox Week] was a fantastic expertise, giving me an opportunity to fulfill and join with so many people across the firm. The innovation demos and cubicles have been additionally an exquisite method for a brand new worker like me to see the modern issues occurring throughout the enterprise in different teams,” shared Reza Nouri, a Technical Director who joined earlier this yr.
Barbara Messing, Chief Advertising and Folks Expertise Officer, summarized the three-day expertise: “Roblox Week is about workers coming collectively, constructing on concepts collectively, studying from each other, and growing new potentialities that take our firm ahead.”
Will you be on the subsequent Roblox Week?
Be part of us on our journey to reimagine the way in which individuals come collectively, with memorable moments of connection and collaboration alongside the way in which. Our proficient crew is rising, go to the Roblox careers website to discover open alternatives.