Squarespace Corporate Culture

So what makes for a strong culture in a company? Where does it begin? A strong culture doesn't just come from paid lunches and office parties.

Culture, in it self, is much deeper. It comes from personal beliefs that are then fabricated and interwoven into a company’s core values. A great culture spawns from understanding. Good leaders understand what their people want. In a strong culture, management communicates with their employees to gain insight on what is important to them; their specific needs and intrinsic motivation. Weaker cultures are typically based off of the ideas of very few and how they (in management) believe something should be done neglecting the thoughts of others. Strong cultures stem from action, involvement and collaboration with upper management to its workers. It almost has to be organic in its growth while also needing to be nurtured by those with the ability to do so. Weak cultures are stifled by lack of creativity more noticeable in the traditional business model. …show more content…
We developed a series of questions to ask current employees what it has been like to work for Squarespace. Each interview was done separately to eliminate any sort of group think or hindrance of answers. Even though interviews were taken apart, most answers were very similar in response. Most answers reflected Squarespace’s acceptance and supporting of people being real to themselves. They are not asked to put on a “facade of any kind, but more so, encourage (employees) to be genuinely human and show true diversity.” Interviewees were also asked how Squarespace’s culture effects their work habits and overall company success/ profitability. One of the people we interviewed answered it perfectly. “Happy CEO equals happy workers. Which equals happy customers who equal happy