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My new favourite thing at RedBalloon…
I have lots of favourite things to do at RedBalloon: creating the perfect RedBalloon event; listening to Bruno Mars on repeat on Spotify; group interviews; sharing giggles (make that endless giggles) with my colleagues; and the newest addition to this list is hanging our with our book club.
A five star RedBalloon experience
Our Finance Director Linda reviews a rather perculiar experience – her employment!
Poached Eggs, Paddling & Pinot Gris
It’s part of the RedBalloon Employee Experience that every “RedBallooner” has their birthday away from the office. It was pure dumb luck that I also happened to have an extra Happy Holiday up my sleeve to spend during summer. So I built myself a fabulous four day weekend!
Get “Clojure” with Klaus
When we asked our Software Engineer Klaus to describe his typical work day, he said… “I wake up, eat raisin toast, check my emails, check our internal work blog, write code, write more code, eat lunch, write some more code, check Facebook, write more code and then go home.” If you eat code for breakfast [...]
Six months of RedBalloon fun!
This is a snapshot of Kylie Croot’s time with the RedBalloon for Corporate team… Over the past six months, I have: Dressed up as an elf with my wonderful colleague Emma. We handed out Xmas flyers in Martin Place, which has been one of the highlights of my job so far (not because I love dressing up [...]
Lions and Tiger and Bears..and Butterflies. Oh My!
Ben Upton’s review of his trip to the Zoo. After working over Xmas, I felt it was time for a well-earned break. In late January, I decided to take a short trip down to Bendigo to see some family with my wife. How can you go to Victoria though, without spending some time in Melbourne. [...]
A RedBalloon Christmas
…Kasey Fuller shares her story about how RedBalloon celebrates the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas time in the workplace is always a happy one for most companies and employees (most RedBalloon employees will tell you we are happy all the time, which is totally true) but Christmas time is extra special when you [...]
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Driving Larry & Kylie
The week before Christmas I got a call from Channel 7s The Morning Show. They were planning a Christmas gift to their viewers by having presenters Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies re-enact (OK, take the mickey out of) the recent John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Christmas song and clip…
High Octane Experience
On the weekend I was treated to octane fumes, snarling V8s, dusty crashes and some cool behind the scenes access at the V8 supercars.