Couch Potato? 4 Reasons Why to Apply At Runtastic Anyway

“Do I have to run a marathon if I want to work for Runtastic?”, “Can I even apply if I don’t do any sports?” or “Will I be forced to participate in team exercises?” While we thought that these questions have been form of a joke, we quickly realized that individuals who’d be interested in working for us as a result of they like our company culture, can relate to our values, or are fascinated by our tech challenges seem to be hesitant about making use of, as a result of we contemplate ourselves a “Health & Fitness Company.”

Here are 4 the explanation why you shouldn’t fear an excessive amount of and apply for a job even in case you are not an lively person.

1. We share a imaginative and prescient, not a exercise routine

Indeed, we would like to make the world a greater place and create merchandise that assist individuals on their journey to a more healthy life. And whereas we would like all people working for us to establish with our imaginative and prescient, we’d by no means ask anyone to work out in the event that they don’t want to. Because, no, you don’t have to be sporty to work at Runtastic!

Compared to different corporations, at Runtastic we most likely have a higher rate of very active people. Yet, what truly makes us sturdy as a corporation is that we’re additionally smart, emotionally intelligent, and love what we do (no person stated we have been humble…).

“I run sometimes – slower than Internet Explorer on a 56k dial-up modem, but I still run!” our Backend Engineer Georg proudly defined. He wouldn’t contemplate himself sporty in any respect, but he is a vital a part of our technical core providers staff. Without him, many a consumer could be pissed off about their data not being properly displayed in our apps.

After all, we aren’t only a fitness firm, we’re additionally a tech firm. That’s why we’re all the time on the lookout for whizz kids who love to collaborate and discover options collectively.

2. We are all the time stronger collectively

Speaking of discovering options collectively, our staff is without doubt one of the “greatest motivational powers,” as one in every of our Talent Scouts Marlene factors out. While she has now started to work out each now and then, it’s our family-like spirit that offers her the best strength throughout her work week.

And whereas sports activities lover Luca from User Acquisition has completed his second marathon thanks to motivation from his colleagues (“They make you feel as if you can do anything!”), others often use our stay cheering characteristic whereas chilling at dwelling (or at work). The Cheeromat we invented is, after all, a terrific assist with that.

Being a powerful a part of the staff is one in every of our core values and never solely mirrored in a fitness or work context. Because generally (or fairly very often) simply hanging out with one another or having fun at various company events shapes our firm tradition.

3. We all have completely different schedules and life targets

We’re all busy, right? And truly it may be fairly a problem to squeeze in a exercise if you’re already juggling a profession and social/household life. That is another excuse why we don’t drive anybody to work out or use our merchandise.

We do strive to make it simple for everybody in the event that they really feel like being lively. Sports lovers like our Head of CRM Lilli discover it nice that we’ve got the chances to do lunch runs or exercises on our terrace. And naturally, our merchandise and options just like the Runtastic Results workout creator are developed for individuals who face the identical dilemma as Software Test Manager Vici, who considers herself “a bit too lazy to follow a rigorous training plan”.

Our provide might assist some individuals like Data Scientist Magdalena, who now finds extra time to work out thanks to her extra organized schedule. On the opposite hand, Talent Scout Anna, who is a big fan of outside sports activities is definitely understanding much less since she started working with us, due to a busier work life.

Just like we plan our careers in a different way, we view fitness and a healthy life-style in a different way. While a few of us don’t care about our nutrition / fitness in any respect or don’t contemplate ourselves sporty, others strive to get in form sooner or later to lose a little bit of weight.

Apart from our fitness ranges, we set completely different health targets. Babsi, our HR Manager who works out 4 to 5 occasions per week, loves that she fell in love with yoga when she started working right here. UIX Designer Martina is actually proud that she has outgrown a number of of her t-shirts as a result of she developed arm muscle mass due to Push-Up Thursdays; her colleague Ana is all the time highly motivated to improve her performance. And iOS Developer Dominik has improved his time for a 6k run from 32 to 24 minutes inside 4 years.

4. We are a terrific illustration of the Runtastic goal group

It’s that straightforward – we’re similar to our customers. From sofa potato to marathon runner, our firm advantages and our product portfolio strive to accommodate as many wants as attainable, and likewise contemplate the precious suggestions when tinkering with new merchandise and options.

While not-so-active Georg tracks his food regularly with Balance, sporty Babsi doesn’t contemplate herself disciplined sufficient; whereas Android Developer Valentin runs greater than earlier than becoming a member of Runtastic (and now even completes marathons), his iOS colleague Adam came upon that working isn’t actually his cup of tea; and whereas many people have at the very least tried a number of new actions, simply as many wouldn’t contemplate themselves sporty, similar to our humble Language Specialist Todd.

In the top, your fitness degree and your healthy life-style don’t matter when working at Runtastic. And, as Operations Engineer Niko completely summarizes, “Don’t be afraid to start working at Runtastic when you’re not sporty. See it as a chance to get motivated to do one thing on your physique and health!”

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