Company Culture

June 21, 2017

5 tips for women inspired to lead at The Home Depot and Blinds.com

Today, Home Depot / GCC Social Media Marketer Abigail Sawyer shares her thoughts on working in a company culture that empowers future leaders from all backgrounds, experience levels, and genders: Women in leadership inspire me!  I recently wrote about my experience attending Sheryl Sandberg’s Option B with my Blinds.com team and wanted to follow up with […]

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June 21, 2017

Sailing our way to GCC team building

The GCC team regularly participates in team building activities to stay close as colleagues and learn how to work together in our day-to-day lives by stepping outside the office.  Trini Greenwood, our Senior Accounting Manager, helped organize a sun-filled team activity on the water: The GCC Accounting department lives and breathes our company core values […]

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June 14, 2017

Resiliency and empathy – lessons from female Home Depot leaders and Sheryl Sandberg

A few words of inspiration from GCC Social Media Marketer Abigail Sawyer on being inspired by co-workers and the words of Sheryl Sandberg, read her 5 tips for future Home Depot and GCC leaders here too: I first heard Sheryl Sandberg speak four years ago when I was fresh out of college and brand new to […]

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May 16, 2017

It’s a no brainer – the story of No Brainer Blinds

Keep It Simple, Silly.  Why over-complicate a buying decision when you can partner with a company that makes it easy for you  That’s the philosophy of No Brainer Blinds – the world’s first online store for blinds and shades. A little online window covering history for you, our CEO Jay Steinfeld launched No Brainer in […]

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May 4, 2017

The Force Is Strong With These Blinds.com Employees

May the 4th be with you. Here at the Blinds Complex we like to have fun and dress up for important holidays. It’s easy to find Star Wars fans in the office and they aren’t afraid to show it. Star Wars lovers unite on #maythe4thbewithyou day. #blindsdotcomlife #officelife A post shared by Blinds.com (@blindsdotcom) on May […]

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April 21, 2017

We run for fun – meet our GCC Green 6.2 runners!

  Have you pushed yourself to the max with your co-workers recently?  Members of our GCC Boost Club (the wellness committee at Blinds.com) recently ran the Green 6.2 marathon qualifying race and had a great time doing it! So, why run the 6.2 mile with folks you see in the Blinds.com office everyday? Gene:  It […]

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July 28, 2016

What’s it like? A day in the life of a Blinds.com intern

The Blinds.com team loves working with  interns in many of our departments – they bring fresh eyes and new perspectives to our project teams.  Read on to learn what one intern, Meghan Forest, experienced during her time at the Blinds.complex: When I was offered the role of Company History and Culture Curatorial Intern for Blinds.com […]

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June 13, 2016

Initiation through humiliation? How Blinds.com welcomes new hires to the family!

Here at Blinds.com we have a tradition very near and dear to our hearts for employee onboarding… welcoming our new hires (view our play list here)! At each SayJay (our weekly all-hands company meeting), a group of new Blinds.com-ers take the stage and either tell us all a joke, sing a song, or do a dance. […]

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May 6, 2016

Fresh paint and new blinds, Blinds.com partners with Rebuilding Together Houston

This month, the Blinds.com team participated in a charity construction event for Rebuilding Together Houston – helping a lovely Houston couple named Mr. and Mrs. Douglas.  Read on for what our fearless event leader Kara Holland had to say:  We painted the home and refreshed the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas; it was so incredible to help the […]

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May 4, 2016

May the 4th Be With You

With all of the Star Wars enthusiast that we have working at the office, it only made sense that we go all out on May 4th, Right? Well that’s exactly what we did! It truly looked like a scene straight out of the movie in here with everything from a life sized r2d2 to almost every […]

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April 14, 2016

Fighting office stress with therapy dogs – Blinds.com puppy love!

Ever have one of THOSE days where all you really needed was a hug and a sloppy kiss on the cheek?  To help brighten a VERY busy month for our team, we brought in 9 therapy dogs into the Blinds.com office for a little puppy therapy.   We welcome dogs in all shapes and sizes […]

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April 8, 2016

Why nerf archery might be the best team building event yet

Gone are the mind numbing corporate team builder activities of the past, the Blinds.com team gets more and more creative with the way we connect outside of the office each year! Last month our Accounting, Business Intelligence and Data Analysis team (who are hiring, by the way!) went on a nerf archery journey – bonding […]

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