Company Culture

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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April 6, 2016

All the buzz! Tips for creating an engaging game show company event

The Blinds.com team loves to celebrate – one of our most anticipated celebrations is around our annual contact center awards show. It’s a fun night of camaraderie and creative award presentations, designed to bring us closer together and collectively ‘woo hoo-ing’ our top performers in both core values and traditional business metrics. But, this year, […]

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February 17, 2016

Blinds.com Shows Team Spirit with 4th Annual Football Game

Blinds.com showed the true definition of team spirit in our 4th annual flag football game. The teams went head to head proving they have the skills to not only beat competitors online, but on the field! Before game day, it was only right to have a tailgate to get us pumped and ready. We fueled up […]

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January 26, 2016

Blinds.com celebrates our 2-year Home Depot ‘orange-a-versary’

Time flies when you’re busy partnering with one of the largest and most innovative companies on the planet – in our case, our parent company The Home Depot!  This month, we celebrated our 2-year acquisition anniversary – affectionately referred to as our ‘Orange-a-versary’ at Blinds.com In true Blinds.com style, we dressed up in orange and gathered […]

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January 12, 2016

Happy 20th birthday, Blinds.com!

  Did you notice?  We’re sporting a celebratory piece of cake in our logo this year as we begin our celebration of our 20th anniversary as an online blinds company. In 1996, our CEO and Founder Jay Steinfeld decided to give ‘this Internet thing’ a go by launching the very first window covering online store called ‘No […]

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December 17, 2015

Blue Harvest: Star Wars parody video at Blinds.com

There is no truer love than that of a Star Wars fan – and the Blinds.com team feels it, full Force!! Check out our latest quirky Blinds.com culture video that we call Blue Harvest:  A Blinds.com Star Wars Celebration.  Yup, it’s about as geeky as you might hope for / expect. @jimmykimmel obviously ripped off […]

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December 4, 2015

Continuous Improvement with Blinds.com employees + Dave Ramsey

One of our Blinds.com Core Values is ‘Continuous Improvement’ – which reminds us to focus on becoming a little bit better each day, both inside and outside of work. With this in mind, it’s always beyond exciting to see employees take that idea to improve their personal finances through smart spending, saving, debt reduction and – […]

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December 1, 2015

Ben & Jerry’s visits the Blinds.complex in Houston

Our official office snack is cake, but the Blinds.com crew will never say no to some Ben & Jerry’s ice cream! The ice cream truck visited our office on their Texas Flavor Face Off tour and we were happy to taste test and vote for our favorites (Bourbon Pecan Pie for the win!!!). Unfortunately they […]

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November 15, 2015

Red vs Blue book signing with employee Eddy Rivas

There are few things more thrilling than seeing an employee be successful inside AND outside of the office.  We had the opportunity to celebrate Blinds.com-employee-by-day / best-selling-author-by-night Eddy Rivas as his very first book was released to wide acclaim:  Red vs. Blue:  The Ultimate Fan Guide. Eddy’s book, published by Harper Collins, was a year and […]

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September 4, 2015

Force Friday for the Blinds.com Star Wars lovers

You’ll never see an opportunity for a Star Wars party (OR dressing up!!) pass without great fanfare at the Blinds.complex.  This year’s Force Friday was no different! From light sabers to robots to wookies and beyond, we take Star Wars really, really, really seriously. We even created a Star Wars Post-It mural to keep the […]

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