SpringSters - Blogging Bunch

Though there is never a dull day at MangoSpring, some days are more special than others. Since morning there was something special in the air. It was D-day for SPICE. After all the planning, today was the day when the workplace decorations would be judged. There was palpable excitement as everyone was waiting for the judges to complete their round.

It had all started about 15 days prior during one of our meetings group sessions. Gayatri came up with the thought of having a personalized workplace. Our office at Wakdewadi Pune is a cozy, cheery little place. We all thought that it just needed a dash of spice to make it special. Nothing less would do for SpringSters!!

The Product Team had their closed door meetings and had stayed at the office until 3 a.m. the night before the finale. It took a lot of work and their effort showed. Their idea launch pad was impressive! They also showed their team spirit by wearing light green shirts to portray the green in MangoSpring.

The Mobile Team came up with the idea of a “Wireless Village”. They all dressed in kurtas to add that ethnic touch for their wireless “village” theme!

The Server Team decided on depicting how and why they are called the core team. Each member’s workstation sported a “Ruby” on an engine. After all, they are working on “Ruby on Rails”! The members of the team also all showed up wearing “Ruby Red” shirts to complete the presentation!

The Web Team brought smiles to our judge’s faces with the witty and funny remarks on the posters in their workspace.

In the end, it was Isha, the team spokesperson that helped push the Server Team to the top. They had a theme of “Unity in Diversity”. Isha also won for best personal workplace. Isha said that she couldn’t figure out whether to put up something funny or logical for her workstation. She decided to portray her conflicting thoughts at her workspace with the left brain and the right brain activities. So instead of pens in her pen holder, she had printouts she had to catch up reading on!

A special thanks to all of the judges. The contest was very tight, and our winners won by a very narrow margin! After all the frenzied activity around SPICE, SpringSters are now grappling with the “Team Challenge”! More on that later….