Celebrating Pride Month at VSE
Pride Month is an important time to celebrate and recognize our LGBTQ+ community. Celebrated in June, Pride commemorates the Stonewall Riots, which changed the course of gay rights in America. Pride is also an opportunity to raise awareness about issues or challenges affecting the LGBTQ+ community. It’s a chance to embrace who you are regardless of […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
We Put The Customer First
by Erin Gasperi In an effort to become a more customer-centric organization, Voice Systems Engineering recently hit a new milestone and added “Customer First” to its corporate values list. Customer Experience Strategist Maryanne Fiedler champions this initiative. Maryanne received a customer experience certification with Forrester, and for the past two years, she has worked to […]
Together, We Grow
I think that in today’s business environment there are many influences and questions over our decision about where to work. How will I grow in my career? How much money will I make? What are my benefits? Now there is another question that job seekers are asking. What does the company do for its community(ies)? […]
Onboarding During a Pandemic
by Patrick Noonan Onboarding During a Pandemic We live in an extremely connected world with ubiquitous access to the internet by all our devices: from refrigerators to speakers to the personal computers in our pockets. The rapid pace of technological advancement and internet connectivity has also led to huge shifts in the labor market: never has it been so frictionless to hire and onboard […]
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 […]
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 […]