Office of an IT company as part of corporate life

    We decided to share part of our corporate culture, revealing some moments from the life of our office, tell and show how everything is arranged here. It's no secret that IT companies strive to create interesting office spaces for their employees so that they can feel comfortable, relaxed, find quiet places to solve important tasks, or creative space for inspiration and great ideas. In general, the office should be a place where you like to be, create and translate your plans into reality, as well as where you can feel at ease, almost at home. The mood of every day depends on the atmosphere in the office, especially when we spend a lot of time here.

    Once in the office of any company once, we can already say what kind of daily life is here - formal or more free, what kind of atmosphere is there - strict or laid-back.

    Today’s offices of large IT companies in themselves are a manifestation of creativity and solve an important task - to create conditions for a productive workflow, from which it is important to have fun.

    UC Browser is headquartered in Guangzhou, China. Our office is located on 12 floors of a huge business building near the city center in the new fast-growing district of Guangzhou. Here we are about 3000 people, of which some work on international markets.

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    The team working on the development of the company in other countries works within the framework of one department - International Business Development. Among us there are colleagues from China, we are from Russia, colleagues from Brazil, Spain and Latin America, Arab countries, Indonesia. Until recently, guys from Vietnam and India worked with us here, now they are in the opened UC Browser offices in their countries.

    Like any modern IT company, we have many cool moments that we really like.

    The entire office is divided into the working part in the form of a normal open space, meeting rooms and relaxation areas.

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    We like Open Space because it’s very green, everyone has fresh potted flowers at the workplace. When they bloom, it becomes especially beautiful.

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    All our meeting and negotiation rooms are named after cities from different countries. Our capital is also there.

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    The office has many informal workspaces. Where, on the one hand, you can think in silence or arrange branding, on the other hand, just drink tea and relax or chat with colleagues.

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    Or show imagination.

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    Working all day, we do not need to think about what to eat today - in the office there are two large dining rooms where you can have breakfast, lunch and dinner. To be honest, this greatly simplifies life, as it significantly saves time for daily cooking. We also always have an afternoon snack - at 4 pm a beautiful woman always comes to our recreation area, bringing fresh sweets. Well, tea or coffee is always available. Such tea has one feature - it is very useful. The Chinese rarely drink tea bags, in the office there are only natural ingredients that can be used to your taste, making tea for yourself.

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    To switch from work tasks and relax, we have a zone of games and sports. There is billiards here - it is among Chinese colleagues that it is very popular. We often play table tennis or table football.

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    For especially angry or tired - there are punching bags.

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    When you just want to cheer up a little - we go on treadmills. Jogging, shower - and again you feel a surge of energy.

    Perhaps arranging an office in this style is a recent trend. Employers care more and more about the healthy lifestyle of their employees, this makes the business more socially responsible, and for us it is a great opportunity to combine the work process with work that is beneficial to health.

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    Special attention should be paid to chips that just cheer up.

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    In the office you can often see our toy squirrels - they are everywhere. This is our symbol and mascot, so in addition to small squirrels, you can also see someone in a squirrel costume who just wants to hug you or shake your hand.

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    There is no dress code or any special style of clothing in the office, here we have complete freedom. Of course, no one walks in slippers, but otherwise everything is very free. 90% of employees are guys under 28 years old, everyone looks decent, but in a strict suit you rarely see anyone. Well, our colleagues are also fine with a sense of humor.

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    Another part of our corporate culture is a dream. If someone is tired, after lunch you can go to sleep in a secluded place in silence and the lights off. This is often practiced in our company, and it is part of Chinese culture.

    For all national holidays we receive gifts. Often this is something related to corporate symbols, for example, mugs, t-shirts or sweets. There was a big party in the office for the recent Halloween celebration, anyone could order a costume in advance to their taste and color, and then get a special make up.

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    Each department always has pictures of employees in a fun frame - most often these are memories from joint trips for the weekend or general corporate events. Such events are organized by a company for us, for example, we all went on a safari to animals or for a few days went to another city on the beach.

    Or in the office you can often see guys with badminton rackets or ice skates. These two sports are very popular here. The company rents venues for these sports, and every week everyone can attend training sessions for free.

    This is how we keep all our achievements. On each floor you can find something different, depending on the function of the department.

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    The company takes care of us not only during working hours, but also outside of office life. For foreigners working for a company in China, free housing is provided, including all the amenities in the form of paying bills for the Internet or electricity, which is very expensive here, a cleaning service, household items in the form of heaters in the cold season or washing powder, and all sorts of little things for at home. For children who come to Guangzhou from other cities in China, the company provides accommodation for several weeks, so that during this time each employee can calmly find an apartment and not experience stress about this.

    We work great in our office. It is nice to combine work with leisure, communicate with colleagues who have already become friends, come up with new ideas for implementation.

    Our squirrel sends you greetings to all.

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