Hi Pine! *We overtly recruit outside of SF. I think our latest hire was from Texas! Last year 23% were remote employees, and that percentage has increased to 31% this year. Of that 31%, 17% live abroad. **As of February 2013, 27% of staff is female, 28% minority, 34% are foreign nationals, and 69% have lived or worked abroad. ** We'd like more. :) If anyone knows interested candidates, current jobs can be found at jobs.wikimedia.org.* * * *Warmest regards, Gayle* * *
---------- From: *ENWP Pine* <[email protected]> Date: 11 March 2013 13:06 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, " [email protected]" <[email protected]> Garfield, Thanks for the report. Congrats again to the fundraising team for what they accomplished this for this round of fundraising. The Q&A for the mid-year report talks about a hiring pace that is slower than planned, and says "We attribute this to the fact that the market for engineers is extremely competitive in San Francisco right now." I'd like to ask you or Gayle about how aggressive WMF is about recruiting outside of SF. I think there are probably engineers at large tech companies outside of SF who would enjoy a change of culture from their current employers to WMF if they're willing to take a pay cut. I think that they would be good candidates for the recruiting team, so I'd strongly encourage aggressive recruiting outside of San Francisco. Thanks, Pine -- Gayle Karen K. Young Chief Talent and Culture Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415.310.8416 www.wikimediafoundation.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
