What Makes Perkuto a Better Workplace?

Before we dive in, let’s start with the basics.

Who is Perkuto?

Perkuto is a top-rated marketing operations agency that accelerates the value of marketing operations. In short, we help enterprise and high-growth organizations expand marketing capacity, resolve integration challenges with Workato, and implement Marketo best practices so organizations can accelerate the value of marketing operations.

Now that you have a baseline understanding of who Perkuto is and what services we provide, let’s move onto what exactly a better workplace is, and how Perkuto instills this philosophy into everyday life.

How we define a better workplace

We believe that work, when it’s done right, should never feel like work. We love what we do, simply put. We believe in creating a better workplace that is more than just a slogan. It’s a mission that unifies our team; both internally and working with our customers. What does a better workplace mean to you?

We recently asked this same question to our team. Here’s what they said:

• “Working from anywhere” Vivien Leung, Jeto Senior Marketing Manager
• “Working with co-workers who care” Shannon Kelly, Senior Consultant
• “Putting your employees first and foremost” Catherine Champoux, VP Customer Satisfaction and Partner Alliance
• “Having a true work-life balance” Jen Gress, Jeto Enterprise Sales
• “Knowing my organization cares more about my health, wellness, and growth than the dollar sign at the end of any contract” Kelly Martin, Revenue Operations Manager

Perkuto backs up this philosophy by placing a priority on our employees’ needs. We believe our employee’s needs shouldn’t be put on the backburner – when employees talk, we listen. And the best part? We’ve developed our benefits to directly correlate with our employee’s needs.

We focus on these three key focus areas to make a better workplace possible.

Work-life balance

You hear this term a lot, right? Well, how often is this actually true?

It’s very rare that this topic is discussed in an interview process (although, not rare at Perkuto), but let’s face it: it’s on everyone’s mind. So rather than waiting for an interview, we’re going to dish our perspective when it comes to work-life balance.

Our team collaboration sets a foundation of trust that allows team members to maintain a work-life balance. We’ve set a 37.5 hour work week, unlimited vacation, flexible schedules, and more but really, it’s support from leadership and fellow team members that enable work-life balance.

Nobody needs to stress over going to a doctor’s appointment, for example. Your health is just as important (if not more important) as your career. We’ve had many employees take time off for personal reasons and come back expressing how grateful they are to have a team that is there for them.

When our employees take a vacation, there’s never an obligation to check or respond to email, Slack, and certainly not phone calls or texts (it’s also why personal phone numbers are not used for work). Not to mention, Perkuto discourages work communication outside of normal office hours, which helps set boundaries and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

During the workday, we encourage employees to block time to refresh, whether that be working out, walking the dog, or simply meditating. Knowing you have the ability to step out for a moment is empowering in itself.

 🔆 Did you know? Every year (in non-COVID times), we select a destination and embark on an employee retreat, also known as the Perkuto Festival. The main focus of this yearly festival is not placed on work, but strengthening our relationships and most importantly, meeting in person! In February 2020, we went to Cancun. The year prior was in Mont-Tremblant, Canada.

A growth mindset

A growth mindset is powerful – it has the ability to open doors for learning, define career paths, push towards improvement, and more. It’s one of the reasons we promote from within and invest in our people. We empower employees to create personalized development plans to help them grow into the areas that matter to them. For example, do you want to grow towards becoming a Director of Services, Practice Director or Client Director?

In our consultant role, you have the opportunity to grow into a more technical role or if being strategic aligns better with your career path, you might grow to be an account lead. In our project management positions, individuals also have the opportunity to grow into people management roles and other leadership positions like Director of Services.

💡 Did you know? Perkuto is 58 percent female, with many women in leadership positions. 

Learning opportunities at Perkuto range from shadowing your colleagues and accessing courses in LinkedIn Learning to attending monthly “lunch and learns.” Specialized training is also provided for managers and those on the consulting services team, where they go through workshops on time management and leadership skills.

Although we offer learning sessions designed specifically to enhance technical and soft skills, we also create opportunities for team members to share something they’re great at. For example, we’ve learned everything from journaling and investing to mindfulness. This encourages employees to bond over non-work-related subjects, and showcase their hobbies to the team.

Continuous improvement is the name of the game.

Staying true to our values

We are passionate marketers who live and breathe marketing operations. Our primary goal is to deliver results with transparency and speed. Our team consists of genuinely nice people who help each other thrive. We’re thinkers who enjoy collaboration to solve complex projects, and go-getters who excel in fast-paced environments. And leaders who tell it like it is for the greater good. In short, we are a team of professionals who believe that work, when it’s done right, should never feel like work.

We strive to make IMPACTS through our values:

• Innovation
• Maestro
• Process
• Amazing
• Collaboration
• Transparency
• Speed

To learn more about our values, take a look at our About Us page. Do our values match up with yours? If you’re nodding your head “yes,” take a look at our open positions on our Careers page.

While those are our core focus areas – it’s important to remember that Perkuto is also a fully remote workplace by design since day one. Our processes and lines of communication were created with the intention to make collaboration easy, and serving our customers an enjoyable experience for everyone involved. We do it together. With our Perkew. Our customers. It’s yet another way we’ve created a better workplace, and how we’ve earned 4.9 stars on Glassdoor.

Combining the dedication and grit of our employees with our better workplace philosophy, it’s how we’ve achieved our rank as a Platinum Marketo Engage Solution Partner and Workato Gold Partner. It proves that when you invest in the success and happiness of your employees, you’ll see the benefits firsthand.

What does a better workplace mean for you?

Are you aligned with our values, and want to take the next step in your career? Take a moment to review our open positions and submit your application today. We look forward to chatting with you!