Blog posts under the Team category

How HeyTaco! Has Improved Our Company Culture in a Remote World

Creating a great company culture takes work. Creating a great remote company culture takes creativity. How do you engage in small talk with your co-workers without the proverbial water cooler? How do you celebrate success, commiserate over struggles, enjoy birthdays, anniversaries or holidays without...

WebDevStudios 2018 Charity Drive

The 2018 WebDevStudios December charity drive kicks off today! Each year since 2014, we have held a charity drive that has given us the ability to contribute thousands of dollars to a number of amazing charities! This year, we are raising money...

Two New Team Members!

As the holidays approach, new team members are being added to our family at WebDevStudios (WDS). Let’s get to know them. Aaron Eaton Aaron joins WDS as our newest Lead Backend Engineer. He began his career as a studio technician at Texas...

What Does Working with the WebDevStudios Team Look Like?

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—time for your company to redesign, rebuild, or simply fix your website. We can hear the the flood of questions swirling around in your head or among your team at a Tuesday morning meeting… Do...

New Faces at WebDevStudios

If you’ve visited our Team page recently, you likely have noticed some new faces. That’s because WebDevStudios (WDS) has added four new people to our crew: Haris Zulfiqar, Frontend Engineer; Dave Bonds, Backend Engineer; and Allen McNichols and Chrispian Burks, both who...

How a Remote Work Company Can Still Be Successful When Slack Goes Down

As a 100% distributed company with remote work employees across the US (and one in Canada!), WebDevStudios (WDS) relies on Slack as our main internal communication tool. So when Slack goes down, as it did yesterday, our team is directly affected, but...

How WDS Growth Calls Inspire a Productive and Passionate Remote Work Environment

At the start of 2018, Lead Backend Developer, Ben Lobaugh, announced that he was starting a new daily call that anybody on the WebDevStudios (WDS) team was welcomed to join. It would be a quick 15-minute call to chat about personal growth,...

Five for the Future: April-May Wrap-Up

It’s time for another rundown of the accomplishments that our team at WebDevStudios (WDS) has achieved through our Five for the Future (#5ftf) efforts, whereby we donate 5% of company time to WordPress and the community. We each do this in our...

Another New Face at WDS!

It seems like every week, we have a new team member to announce. This week is no different. Please help us welcome Meagan Hanes, Support Technician, to the WebDevStudios (WDS) family. She joins the powerhouse support team at Maintainn. “I learned about this...

Why Company Retreats Are Important for Remote Companies

It’s no surprise that remote companies are growing in popularity. There are several perks to both the company and employee in working this way: low company overhead, hand-picking your team from anywhere in the world, no commuting, no one microwaving fish in...