Have you ever wondered how we brew our brainstorms and think up the ideas that make SellerEngine what it is today? Have a look-see as we unveil our body of employees in all its splendor, with the many little nodes and hubs that are so receptive of the signals Amazon sellers send out to them.
Read on to find out just how SellerEngine set its wheels in motion.
We’ve taken you on a brief foray into our offices in Portland and London, and we’d like to round off this special series with a behind-the-scenes account of how it all began in Bucharest, and how this tiny branch has blossomed along the way.
SellerEngine in Little Paris
Apple started out in Steve Job’s garage, Amazon in Jeff Bezos’ garage, and HP in Dave Packard’s. We wouldn’t dare compare ourselves to these global giants, nor were our beginnings all that humble, but we can’t help but look back and feel some amount of pride. We’ve gone from strength to strength, having to climb up the real-estate ladder just to cope with the influx of clever men and women who crossed our threshold with beaming minds and shimmering eyes.
Stage 1 (2004-2006)
When Ioan set up his office in Bucharest, it was nothing more than a small apartment a stone’s throw away from the Bucharest North Railway Station. It all started with one programmer, one customer service representative, one do-all administrator, and one manager. Back then, hiring people was the most important thing on the agenda, aside from programming, of course, and nobody had any claim to large-scale expansion.
Stage 2 (2006-2007)
With more and more employees setting foot in our office and never looking back, we realized it’s high time we aimed higher in terms of work space. That’s when we moved home and office to a larger apartment. Across the street from the Faculty of Law on Dâmbovița’s river banks, this condo was the birthplace of many brilliant programming ideas, the backdrop for Friday lunches around the table, and the home of our newly acquired office kitten and mascot, Gogo. The mischievous kitten served as inspiration for some of our first business-focused projects.
Our balcony was the setting not only for intense problem-solving sessions, but also for ritualistic chit-chat over a cup of coffee at odd hours.
Stage 3 (2007-2014)
People kept joining the family, and we eventually outgrew the condo. This is when we split up into two departments: software development and customer service. We took up residence in two houses located across the street from one another, in one of Bucharest’s more select residential areas, Cotroceni.
As we had two offices, one gradually became the home of the lovely and well-behaved Pufarina. It’s here that lunch on the porch became an office pastime.
Stage 4 (20014- present)
But we missed the good old days when we were all together, exchanging ideas over brunch, so we eventually packed up and moved to a bigger and brighter house in Lahovari Square, in the heart of the city.
We reinstated the office brunch and – wouldn’t you know it! – got another cat.
Behold our dashing Helmut, king of the SellerEngine castle!
We’ve been through many happy moments together, and while some of us have moved on, most have stayed to weave the elaborate web of people and cats that make up the SellerEngine Bucharest family. Considering many of us have spent twice as long working here than the global average of 4 years, we’re what you might call an old-fashioned bunch.
That being said, we invite you to browse some of our most treasured moments together at SellerEngine Bucharest.
This concludes our office presentation series. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading it as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together. For issues more pressing than the latest scoop on our office cats, please contact our otherwise very professional team at sales@SellerEngine.com.
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