As Gem continues to develop and scale, so do the variety of our Gems! And so we thought it might be nice to sit down down with Gems throughout completely different groups and places to get to know extra about them and the influence of their work. This week we sat down with Chrissy Edgington (she/her/hers) who’s an Enablement Program Supervisor, Content material, and likewise the most recent lead for Gem’s Ladies worker useful resource group (ERG), not too long ago rebranded to be referred to as Amethysts.
Let’s dive in and be taught extra about Chrissy!
Why did you be a part of Gem?
I joined Gem as a result of I liked every part I learn and heard about it each from a product standpoint and what I perceived as a tremendous tradition. By way of my very own analysis, I noticed that I actually aligned with the corporate’s general values, and thru talking with present workers (who I’m fortunate to now name my co-workers!), I realized that Gem really embodies these values I had examine.
No exaggeration, the entire individuals I spoke with so clearly walked the stroll that I felt welcomed, supported, and revered professionally and personally from the interview course of alone. I simply couldn’t recover from the quantity of positivity, collaboration, and velocity I noticed, and I’m blissful to say that Gem didn’t simply stay as much as, however really exceeded my expectations. Daily, I’m reminded that I made the best choice by the honesty and directness of our management, the assist & expertise of my group, and the encouragement I obtain.
Our mission is to assist firms rent nice groups — what does that imply to you?
What an organization does is essential, however the individuals getting the job completed are simply as essential. Hiring a fantastic group means hiring individuals who will do precisely what Gem has completed for me: be supportive, collaborative, and respectful of each other whereas driving velocity for the corporate.
As an organization, it means guaranteeing your group contains individuals from completely different backgrounds and views, going above and past to pay attention to and delicate to variations in privilege and life experiences, actively making an effort to teach ourselves as people, and easily listening and being empathetic in the direction of these round us.
An incredible group drives all of Gem’s values – velocity, customer-centricity, transparency, and variety – and when an organization makes a concentrated effort to rent a fantastic group, it results in higher enterprise outcomes each on a private stage for workers and on an expert stage for patrons.
Inform us extra about your position and the influence you’re making.
I work as an Enablement Program supervisor, boosting the GTM group’s data and effectiveness by way of content material creation. As one of many first members of the group, I am serving to construct out the enablement perform at Gem and delivering hybrid studying content material and applications, tailor-made to our inner merchandise and clients.
My group is working towards constructing out a world-class coaching and enablement technique, which incorporates creating and measuring coaching applications rooted in a competency-based studying mannequin, proactively creating and executing impactful enablement options, and remodeling our undertaking and ongoing product administration processes. It’s an iterative, ongoing course of, however a whole lot of enjoyable – I’ve been pleased with the supplies I’ve created to assist our GTM group, reminiscent of our comp intel/persona/business playbooks, onboarding supplies, and weekly e-newsletter, and I hope to proceed to make the lives of my fellow Gems a little bit simpler by offering them the content material they must be profitable of their day-to-day.
What would you inform somebody who’s contemplating becoming a member of Gem?
I might inform them that if they honestly align with and imagine in our values, then Gem is the best selection for them. I might say that in the event that they wish to work in a spot the place they’ve the chance to develop every day of their position, they couldn’t decide a greater firm. I can’t imagine how a lot I’ve grown in lower than a yr at Gem, and I already couldn’t think about being wherever else.
It’s exhausting to place all of my ideas on Gem into phrases. I really like being right here, and I’m so grateful I had the chance to affix an organization this nice – that’s what I might say. I’d strive my finest to maintain it easy and simply inform them being right here is great in so some ways, and I’m so glad I mentioned sure when given the chance to affix.
You’re the new lead of our Ladies ERG (not too long ago rebranded to Amethysts) — we’d like to be taught extra about this neighborhood and your influence.
Amethysts is dedicated to empowering, enabling, and celebrating the ladies of Gem, and I’m so excited and honored to be a part of it! By advocating for bigger illustration of girls and different under-represented teams, producing skilled growth and networking alternatives, and creating an area for girls’s voices to be heard, Amethysts hopes to make Gem a tremendous place for girls to work in any respect ranges.
On that be aware, world wide, girls expertise a myriad of obstacles inhibiting their alternative to realize management roles. These limitations can come within the type of structural limitations, institutional or particular person mindsets, and discriminatory biases.
In honor of Ladies’s Equality Day, we’re internet hosting a panel on how we are able to problem these limitations with just a few of our wonderful feminine leaders at Gem! On this panel, they’ll talk about their skilled backgrounds, give recommendation on overcoming obstacles, and supply steerage for upcoming expertise on find out how to succeed and advocate for themselves of their careers.
Are you interested by being part of #LifeAtGem? Head to our careers web site to be taught extra about our tradition and what it’s prefer to work at Gem. We are able to’t wait to listen to from you!
