What does Jiva stand for?
by Jon Ellis
At Jiva we pride ourselves on producing great web-based solutions — this is only possible because we work effectively as a team and our focus is entirely on the needs of our customers.
As a start-up we have been able to develop our own unique culture. We have learned from our years in large and small organisations — being great is not achieved by high degrees of bureaucracy and empire-building. We have each seen great cultures and know that these create a fantastic place to work and great business results.
So how would I describe the way that we work?
Commitment — everyone understands our objectives and their role in delivering them. We are all committed to making Jiva a success — this goes beyond our personal goals. We don’t set much store by job titles, as we are a low ego and not a status-orientated business; we don’t need big job titles to know that we are great at what we do and know that we make a difference.
Trust — we are honest and have faith in each other to honour our commitments, we are supportive, and behave with complete openness and honesty.
Communication — is at the centre of all that we do. Our Scrum development techniques involve us communicating daily with each other — checking progress, committing to delivery and supporting each other. We are not proud, we are all able to take and receive feedback and handle disagreements
Involvement — we all have a role. Despite this we have a sense of partnership with each other. Contributions are respected and expected.
Engineering — we have a number of processes that we use to solve problems, plan, commit and deal with problems. We are not bureaucratic however, it’s about doing things right first time.
Continuous Improvement — we are focused on improving our own skills and knowledge. As a company we dedicate 10% of our time to focus on our personal development and come up with great ideas for developing our business in new directions.
Improving performance is something that we are always focusing on. We are developing a 360 degree review process along with extending our mentoring programme.
Jiva is a great place to work — we are looking to recruit top quality developers, call us for a chat if you like what you read.