- In business 11 years
- Funding modelVC-funded
- Team size 170
Guru Technologies, Inc.
Guru aims to give every team in the world trusted information so that they can do their best work. Guru works in your workflow, so the information you need to do your job is always at your fingertips.
Guru Technologies, Inc. profile
How do you maintain flexibility & balance for your team?
How do you ensure autonomy and plan for the future?
We deploy a DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) model at Guru, in regards to decision making. Most of the decisions we need to make will be made quickly, with a strong emphasis on Learning over Right or Wrong. We believe that in many cases making a decision quickly, even if it ends up being wrong, is better than not making any decision. We look for decisions to be thoughtful and informed, but delivering fast results requires a Learn and Grow mindset. The DRI is a title given to the person who is ultimately responsible for a decision and making sure a project is completed. The goal is to provide clarity on the specific person that will ultimately make a given decision in order to ensure that things progress quickly towards an outcome.
How does your company try to hire people from underrepresented groups and improve the diversity of your team?
We have had required DEIB training every year since 2018; unconscious bias, race in the workplace and this year, we facilitated trainings on aggressions & microaggressions. We also facilitated trainings on implicit bias and its impacts in the workplace more broadly, as well as how implicit bias appears in recruiting practices and in performance management systems.
How do you support your team to grow and improve?
Perks and benefits
- Competitive salary
- Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan
- Paid Parental, Family & Medical Leave
- Unlimited Vacation
- 401k
- Professional Development Stipend
- Wellness Stipend
- Home Office Stipend
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Thrive After Five: in recognition of our long-tenured employees, Guru celebrates your five year anniversary with a $10,000 personal travel reimbursement
- Remote perks
- Generous medical benefits package
- Guru-sponsored company & team events, no matter where you work
Further reading
You can read about how we leverage our core values during our interview process in this blog post. And you can read about how we think about creating a lasting & sustainable company culture in this blog post.
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