As Facebook evolves from insular Silicon Valley startup to a global company with a necklace of offices around the planet, it is relying on a key tool to extend its unique culture the “Landing Team.”
A year ago, Facebook had no one in Austin. Now, Austin is Facebook’s biggest U.S. office outside Palo Alto, with about 110 sales and operations workers — most hired locally. Re-creating Facebook’s culture in Austin with a new set of workers was the job of six people, a meticulously screened group chosen from headquarters for their ability to be “culture carriers.” [Read more…]
How Facebook transplanted its culture from California to Austin.
