Culture means a lot of different things to different people. For us, it's all about our ability to be raw, to be unequivocally ourselves, and to communicate openly with nothing held back. We foster and encourage this way of thinking, and part of that is recognizing that culture is an organic outcome, not something that we can control.

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Stubbornly refusing to be anything but honest.

This idea is core to everything that we do, every person we add to the team, every conversation we have, and every decision we make. We have the rare benefit of owning 100% of our destiny as a company. There are no investors, outside voices, or forces trying to dictate who we are or how we work. Being an independently owned and profitable company has its perks.

To maintain this way of thinking, we hold regular interviews with our team to understand their experience working at Everest and measure if we're staying true to our Team Values . We use monthly surveys to check-in with the team to measure our performance and culture. This helps us define our cultural strategy to maintain our honesty, set policies, decide upon updated hiring criteria, or adapt our processes if needed.


Every new character adds to the story.

With each new team member that joins us, our culture adapts and evolves as their voice becomes more present and their experience is shared. Everyone should feel that they are actively participating in defining who we are and what we value, as long as it always remains honest.

As our team grows, our commitment to building strong interpersonal relationships remains crucial to our company's dynamic. Creating a shared sense of purpose, a sense of intimacy is core to our DNA and our ability to be direct and honest with each other. Learn more about how we practice team building Culture Initiatives


Stasis is death; movement is life.

Culture isn't fixed, and it isn't permanent; it's in a constant state of change, evolving each day. We think this is incredibly important considering that the alternative is stasis and then death. Nope, not being dramatic, just focusing on the seriousness of this point. A culture that loses momentum loses its life.

Momentum is tightly correlated to progress. It's common to ask questions such as "Are we moving forward?" and "Are we making something new?" these speak to the pursuit of ever-evolving standards for our work and the expectations of our outcomes. Losing sight of the need to constantly improve our skillsets, process, and end products are unacceptable.


Getting it right is like a performance enhancing drug.

Okay, so you've made it to the end. Here's the final point. A well-performing team, made up of close relationships with individuals that are uniquely themselves, and communicate directly with each other, is our one secret (or painfully obvious) ingredient to success. Healthily embracing everything that our culture can be is like our own nootropic, our own dose of professional ecstasy.

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