Immersive Labs gives its employees two paid volunteering days a year. Amy Millard, Associate Cloud Engineer, tells us how she plans to spend them to support struggling parents in her local community. When my son was just a couple of weeks old, I needed some breastfeeding help. My midwife signposted me to Feeding Friends, a…
Here at Immersive Labs, we’re focusing our priorities for the next phase of our scale-up journey: building out our marketing team. But what is it really like to work here? What does it take to be part of one of the most exciting marketing teams on the planet? This is part one of our Marketing…
What is the STAR technique and how do I apply it to my interview? You’ve received an email letting you know that your CV has been shortlisted for a role you’ve applied for. It’s a wonderful moment, but that joy can quickly be eclipsed by nerves as your focus turns to the next step: the…
It’s March 2020 and we are being asked to leave the office and work from home for an unknown amount of time. I grab a few things from my desk and wonder if I need to take my plant or if I’ll be back before it gets too thirsty. With a naivety that, with hindsight,…
Hi, I’m Jason. I’m a junior governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) specialist. My team helps employees build their judgment, knowledge, and confidence in this complicated area. I first started using the Immersive Labs platform a few years ago when I was a student – I loved it so much that I got a job here….
Most start-ups invest significant time and energy in defining their product strategy, and with good reason; after all, it’s the end product you’re hoping prospective customers will buy. However, as your product evolves and starts to achieve product-market fit, it’s essential that an equally important strategy is conceived. To ensure the success of your product…
I joined Immersive Labs’ revenue operations team in February of 2020, just before the global COVID pandemic started. I spent two weeks onboarding in Bristol (Immersive’s UK headquarters) getting to know the go-to-market (GTM), operations, and finance teams. I got back to Boston (our US HQ) not knowing it would be one of the last…
What was flexible working like before the pandemic? [James] Flexible working has always been a part of the companies I’d worked for, but I always felt it was more for those who really needed it – to accommodate the school run, or take care of family. When I did use it, it was when the…
It’s Monday morning in the Crisis Sim Content team at Immersive Labs. You’ve made a coffee and are ready to start the day. How do you proceed? Option 1: Jump on a call to check in on the status of your team’s projects – but a weekend catch-up and dad jokes are mandatory first. Option…
On Tuesday March 8, Immersive Labs, along with countless other organizations, celebrated women. We joined the conversation to #BreakTheBias (the theme for 2022) and were lucky to have some of our incredible leaders join us for an internal panel discussion. Our host and General Counsel Alice Dunn was joined by our VP of Customer Success…
