CEO for a Day

Something that I really enjoyed about my internship was the workplace environment. The open set up was really great because it was easy to communicate with others in the office, you didn’t feel isolated and no one seemed more important because they had an actual office. The three CEO’s of Shiftgig didn’t act as if they played any larger role in the success of the company than anyone else. They made themselves approachable and worked right alongside the other employees. If I were CEO for the day I would keep this kind of environment for the workplace because it made the sometimes-stressful workday more relaxing. It also made sure that everyone had easy access to those around them so that they could communication in a more efficient and effective way.

If I were CEO for a day I would create clear and set jobs for every individual. For example: employee X, employee Y and employee Z are all apart of the development team and they should be working on this specific project right now. Even though the current CEO’s felt that because there was no hierarchy, everyone should be able flexible and understanding if what they were doing wasn’t what they were hired for, I found it to be confusing. Not having a clear sense of direction (especially as an intern) is frustrating because you’re not sure exactly what you should be doing or if what you are doing is even right. Distributing specific projects to specific departments would not only create a more organized company, but would also lessen the vague guidelines.

Even though I would make slight changes as a CEO, I think that the current CEO’s are doing a great job and I was very lucky to have had the opportunity to work for and with them.