Team shooting at clous

When the team shooting reminds you of the founding days of your company, because once again there are more employees than tables in the office.

Last time we gathered the whole team in the office. Occasion: photo shoot!

When everyone is in the office, it's obvious that this is exactly what our remote-first approach wants and not a problem: not everyone has their own workstation.

This reminded me of our early days at clous.

Similar problem, different reason. Here, too, there was "more team than tables".

But: In the very beginning we literally worked on banana boxes, because there was no money for furniture. Like, who still knows (Thomas Vorsatz 😅).

However, the banana crates were also a step forward. Before that, at times there was simply nothing available.

At this time, our partners from CONTACT Software , who sit right next door, have supported us enormously and helped out. Many thanks to @Ralf Holtgrefe, who made this possible for us.

In the meantime, of course, everything is set up. But as I said: Due to Remote-First we are now so big that the office is bursting at the seams when we are fully present.

It's a great feeling to have this development reflected in such a way.

The children's photos? Yep, that's the clous team, sort of before it became the clous team 😉 Who finds me?

What was the last thing that made you think back to the "fetching beginnings" of your company?

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