{"id":5149,"date":"2021-06-20T23:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T03:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/jepsoninternship2021\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2021-06-20T23:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T03:51:42","slug":"organizational-culture-at-astho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/jepsoninternship2021\/2021\/06\/20\/organizational-culture-at-astho\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Culture at ASTHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

From what I\u2019ve seen, ASTHO appears to be very committed to its employees\u2019 well-being, as well as to causes of diversity\/inclusion. From what I\u2019m told, ASTHO was working remotely pre-COVID, which I think speaks to the organization\u2019s willingness to be flexible and make things work if need be for their employees. ASTHO also has built in time for professional development each month, as well as time during their company-wide weeks where employees can spend time doing more relaxed\/non-work activities. There was programming related to Juneteenth, as well as communication about Pride Month – both of which were encouraging. Of course, mere mention of issues of diversity\/inclusion doesn\u2019t mean it is always genuine, but I have been truly amazed by the diversity of their entire organization. If I had to guess, it\u2019s definitely more diverse than pretty much any place I\u2019ve worked previously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I\u2019d characterize the company as valuing well-being despite also valuing commitment to work. People are expected to work independently when possible and I\u2019ve been somewhat frustrated by the lack of direction\/structure in my internship at times, but hopefully that will improve as I become busier and get a better grasp of the projects I\u2019ll be working on for most of my time there, which appear to not be hitting hard until July, based on what I know. However, I\u2019ve seen how much my team alone manages, so it\u2019s clear that productivity is important here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Generally, people seem to really love the organization and really be invested in their work, which I think is super cool. In one of our orientations this week, the employee who was leading it actually spent several minutes talking about how much he enjoys ASTHO, which was really neat to see. However, that same passion for the organization generally doesn\u2019t seem to be so easily translated to interpersonal relationships, at least, from my experience. One thing that\u2019s definitely been different from the experience I had last summer is just getting to know people. It seems people aren\u2019t as \u201ctight\u201d with each other as I\u2019m used to seeing teams being; however, I also have to account for the fact that the place I worked last summer was a super small organization. I\u2019ve seen people interact informally with each other to an extent (via Microsoft Teams or the informal message board we have), but it doesn\u2019t yet feel like people let their guard down too much. Of course, this is only my second full week, so I\u2019m hoping\/thinking that, as I get to know people, that impression will change. For now, though, it does seem like people are more formal with each other than I\u2019m used to. If it is the case that they\u2019re more formal with each other, I wonder how much of that is caused by the fact that they\u2019re remote. Either way, I\u2019ve been at least pleased with the fact that everyone has been super friendly and willing to help out; I still get confused as to when to use email (more formal forms of communication) and when to use Teams\/the message boards, but hopefully that understanding of when to be formal and when not to be will come with time and experience. Of course, I\u2019m still in the process of trying to prove myself, so I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve really let my guard down either; I also don\u2019t know my boss or others super well just yet, so I\u2019d rather play it safe and be more formal than say the wrong thing to the wrong person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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