At Roblox, we’ve at all times believed groups are most profitable when aligned round a shared imaginative and prescient and given the autonomy to deal with massive alternatives. This precept has been a guiding drive as we’ve navigated the challenges of the pandemic over the previous two years—and will probably be the cornerstone of our strategy as we take into consideration the way forward for work at Roblox.
Because the begin of the pandemic, we’ve all needed to alter to new methods of residing and dealing. Over time, what began as a short-term experiment in distant work grew to become the brand new regular. And whereas folks are actually slowly returning to the workplace, we acknowledge that the world as we all know it has modified. In response, we’ve put collectively a brand new work mannequin powered by private duty that offers groups and leaders the pliability to determine how they work finest given their targets.
An Empowered and Versatile Office
Our strategy to the way forward for work at Roblox is grounded in two of our firm values: Take the Lengthy View and Take Duty.
As we give attention to our imaginative and prescient to reimagine the best way folks come collectively, we acknowledge now we have to be considerate about how we allow and empower our workers to ship on that long-term imaginative and prescient. Over the previous 12 months, we’ve listened to our Robloxians by way of firm surveys, focus teams, and one-on-one periods, and we perceive they worth flexibility as they consider working remotely or within the workplace. On the identical time, we additionally acknowledge there are beliefs which are necessary to us as an organization—akin to innovation, creativity, and collaboration—which are simpler to nurture after we are working collectively in particular person, particularly as we proceed to scale our groups and our enterprise. We really feel it’s necessary for all workers to return again into the workplace at key factors all year long and we additionally need to make it possible for our time spent collectively is purposeful and intentional. Subsequently we’re encouraging workers to return again, and for many who select to work remotely, we’re making certain that they are often distant efficiently.
We’re providing Roblox workers the choice to both come to the workplace usually a number of days every week, or to primarily work remotely and are available to the workplace at numerous occasions all year long for quarterly get-togethers.
- For individuals who dwell regionally and who plan to return right into a Roblox workplace three days every week—scheduled Tuesday by way of Thursday—and spend the opposite two days wherever they work finest, whether or not it’s at residence, a espresso store, or elsewhere, we’ll be sure that they’ve a devoted desk to allow them to sit close to their teammates or different collaborators.
- For individuals who dwell regionally or remotely, and who plan to work primarily from residence, we’ll present them with a hoteling desk and assist their journey to go to our San Mateo workplaces at the least quarterly for in-person collaboration weeks. Internationally-based workers will are available in for at the least one week per 12 months. Particular person groups will decide the week(s) they arrive in.
For general firm occasions the place all of us come collectively, we’ll proceed with our weekly City Halls, our month-to-month AMAs with our CEO David Baszucki, our open lunches with management, and we’ll kick off new annual get-togethers like Roblox Week. We may even maintain our no-meeting days and core hours.
We may even proceed to supply the power for all workers to work anyplace they legally can for as much as two months per 12 months. It is a distinctive providing that many workers have taken benefit of up to now 12 months.
In designing this new strategy, we wished to supply workers flexibility to realize extra management over their work and private lives whereas additionally offering common touchpoints to attach, share concepts, and construct relationships in particular person. Some groups in engineering have discovered working in particular person is vital as a result of it conjures up serendipitous collaboration and makes it simpler to resolve issues collectively. For brand new faculty graduates, we all know how necessary it’s to construct in-person relationships early of their careers and be mentored by senior colleagues, so all new faculty graduates will begin out within the workplace with devoted desks amongst their crew and collaborators. In the meantime, in my Individuals, Advertising and marketing, and Company Communications group, we’ve determined as a bunch after we need to come into the workplace. We’ve discovered a steadiness between the necessity for in-person collaboration and the pliability of working remotely. Regardless of which mode of labor our workers select, we’ll present further alternatives and assist for groups to collect collectively in particular person and collaborate all year long.
Our aim at Roblox is to construct an progressive, inventive, world-class group. That is the start of our journey as we embark on our imaginative and prescient for the way forward for work at Roblox. We’re always studying, listening, and iterating—and that will probably be no completely different as we roll out this work mannequin. We’re excited to see how this new manner of working progresses us down that path.