-: The company we're working for is striving
for something better and striving to make things better,
and so knowing that the core mission of Yelp
is to help local businesses is to help connect locals
to those great businesses and get the word out about them.
Yelp is not really about highlighting the Target
that's down the street.
It's about highlighting that tiny little
family-owned business that you'd never find otherwise.
And so that's what gets me excited and thinking,
how can I be a part of that puzzle?
Sometimes it feels like a less significant
part of that puzzle and sometimes it feels like
a very prominent part of that puzzle.
But finding a company that has a strong mission
and makes sure to connect what you do with that mission,
that makes it better when you're sitting
answering 200 of the same email over and over again.
You know, I do throw a 1200% party at some point,
and that means I'm getting at least 200 emails
asking how do I RSVP for this party?
Even though it's pretty obvious how to RSVP for it,
but when I'm responding to those emails,
it's about thinking still how is
my role contributing to this mission?
And that's what makes me excited about it.
The struggle also is when you're working from home
or working remotely, especially if you are
the type of person that's a self starter,
that always wants to be involved
in everything that's going on,
is learning when to close the laptop.
And that's been kind of the main learning for me,
has been setting my own kind of office hours.
I wish I would have known that right from the beginning
when I used to work pretty much straight 24 hours a day
and be available 24 hours,
and I think especially for our new generation of employees
and workforce that is working remotely,
that is working from coffee shops or wherever,
that's the struggle is figuring out
where do I find this balance
and when do I shut off and disconnect.