Values Star Program: Why Employee Recognition Matters
What truly motivates a workplace? According to a 2014 study of 200,000 employees across 500 companies, money didn’t even rank in the top five motivators. But peers and recognition did (source). Maryanne Fiedler, VSE’s Recognition Program Facilitator, combined these two motivators to create our Values Star Program, a peer-to-peer recognition program. Prior to joining VSE, […]
Launching a Brand in a Pandemic
Launching a brand is always a challenge. Launching a brand during a pandemic is even more daunting, to say the least. When COVID hit the United States, the creation of the PathForward brand was already well underway. Nicholas Fonteix joined VSE’s team to launch PathForward just as shutdowns were sweeping across the country in March 2020. Since […]
How Voice Systems Engineering Starts the Week Off Right
Every Monday morning at Voice Systems Engineering, you will find all the employees gathered for an “all hands” meeting. Our Monday Morning Meeting is a longstanding tradition – but as with any tradition, sometimes they get a little stale and need to be shaken up. The Monday Morning Meeting format has changed quite a bit […]
How to Make Your Workplace More LGBTQ+ Inclusive
In June, you will likely see a flurry of Pride posts and rainbow-colored photos from various companies across social media. Yet the workplace still often falls short of being wholly inclusive of the LBGTQ+ community. In a 2020 study done of 2,000 LGBTQ employees in New York, 75% of participants “reported experiencing at least one […]
How to Protect Yourself and Your Company from Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks have appeared frequently in the news lately – you may have heard about oil pipelines being shut down, meat processing plants being disrupted, or water treatment plants being hijacked. And if it seems like you are hearing about these sorts of attacks more often, it’s not just your imagination. Since 2019, there has been a 158% increase in ransomware attacks in […]
Reopening VSE’s Headquarters
As life in many parts of the United States start to regain a sense of normalcy, offices across the country are opening or preparing to reopen. In Pennsylvania, where Voice Systems Engineering is headquartered, all COVID-related mandates have been lifted, and businesses are allowed to operate in pre-pandemic capacity if they choose. The decision of […]
Finding Our Why: True Purpose Discovery
by Samantha Guidry They say when you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. Punch-in, punch-out. Do your time then go home. Sound familiar? This robotic system of just going through the motions within the corporate world is all too familiar. Look, we all know money is a primary driver in […]
Your Sentient Enterprise Plan Needs God
by Data Driven Decisions Circle Your Sentient Enterprise Plan Needs God Context is everything. Context is the reason serious investors require a business plan. Context is the reason the book tells a richer and more rewarding story than the TV movie. We do not often think about context as it relates to data but context […]
Flexing Our Charity Muscle
by Erin Gasperi Since 2016, Voice Systems Engineering (VSE) employees have been putting their love for exercise to charitable use. What started as an initiative for internal company fitness classes grew into an on-going fundraiser for charity. After completing her certifications in personal and group fitness training, Galina Woshczyn began to volunteer her time. She offered to […]
Keeping the Connection: How VSE is Conquering the Remote Work Environment
by Erin Gasperi Like many other organizations in the tech industry, Voice Systems Engineering (VSE) is adapting to the changes brought on by COVID-19. Since March 17th, VSE has put our employees’ health and safety first by employing a fully remote model of working. Developing the resources needed to continue to function virtually successfully wasn’t […]