We鈥檙e diving into the second half of our Core Values in Action series! 天美麻豆 has spent 2023 celebrating our six core values and the 天美麻豆ians who live them every day.
One of these 天美麻豆ians is Ankit Agarwal, Senior Manager, Application Journey. Ankit exemplifies our sixth core value of Making Work Fun. His manager, Director of Customer Service, Anuj Mittal, said it best鈥攕haring that Ankit鈥檚 鈥渢eam members are absolutely relaxed working with him, and that makes him a perfect candidate for our core value of Making Work Fun.鈥� When people are relaxed around others, they鈥檙e more likely to feel like they can be themselves and have some fun.聽
Keep reading and check out the video below to learn what Making Work Fun means at 天美麻豆 and how Ankit makes it happen.
Making Work Fun at 天美麻豆
At 天美麻豆, we believe in Making Work Fun and encourage 天美麻豆ians to enjoy themselves while at work. To us, this core value means working hard and playing hard, celebrating each other鈥檚 successes, and promoting cross-functional relationships and collaboration. From ApplyClubs, where like-minded 天美麻豆ians come together virtually over a shared passion or experience, to our epic table tennis and Mario Kart tournaments, we’re always thinking of new ways to make work fun!
What Making Work Fun Means to Ankit
Ankit has been working as a Senior Manager, Application Journey since 2021. One of his main responsibilities is ensuring that the application processing at 天美麻豆 goes smoothly, he also shared that 鈥渙ne of the critical roles I play at 天美麻豆 is to maintain cross-functional relationships with the other teams to ensure we鈥檙e able to keep our customers happy all the time.鈥澛�
A big way Ankit maintains these cross-functional relationships is through organizing company parties, and multi-team team outings and lunches. According to his manager, Anuj, Ankit does a great job of this. Anuj shared that 鈥淎nkit is one of those managers who takes out his team very often to lunches, events, and outings. And that has brought the team really close as one tight unit.鈥澛�
Even while managing a team that鈥檚 geographically separated, Ankit ensures his team members enjoy a fun and collaborative work environment.聽
When asked how he does this, he shared that 鈥渂eyond organizing events myself, I encourage my teams to plan outings and team lunches, just to ensure that they鈥檙e motivated and able to keep the workspace fun.鈥� One of the most recent lunches Ankit organized was actually for the entire CX Journey team in India. Ankit has helped his team have fun through bringing them together that also increases collaboration and promotes cross-functional relationship building.
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How Ankit is Making Work Fun
鈥淪ince I’ve been at 天美麻豆, I’ve been a guru party planner,鈥� Ankit shared. These skills have made him the go-to person for putting on events. This past February, Ankit was the head organizer for the party of all parties: ApplyBash. This event brought together teams from the entire India office for a night of fun and entertainment. Ankit believes that ApplyBash provided an opportunity for 天美麻豆ians to enjoy themselves and encouraged people from different teams to get to know each other. He went on to say that these events 鈥渁llow team members to engage better. And when they do that, they鈥檙e well-collaborated and more motivated. Ultimately, that brings a very positive culture to the overall work environment.鈥�
Another way Ankit is Making Work Fun is through celebrating other 天美麻豆ians鈥� successes. Anuj shared an example of this with us. One of Ankit鈥檚 team members received an appreciation email from one of our customers, and Ankit waited until the team member was at lunch to place a handwritten appreciation note on their desk. Anuj shared that actions like this 鈥渁llows team members to truly feel appreciated and proud.鈥� We couldn鈥檛 agree more!
We鈥檙e extremely fortunate to have team members like Ankit. His efforts are what make 天美麻豆 a place where people are excited to come to work, and they help foster an environment where individual team members feel seen and celebrated. Thank you for everything you do to make work fun, Ankit!聽
Interested in becoming an 天美麻豆ian? Check out our open roles on the 天美麻豆 Careers page.
