WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-GB 00:00:00.380 --> 00:00:01.760 What is FT? 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:04.780 I’ll start with the fact that it’s not just a newspaper— 00:00:04.780 --> 00:00:07.280 it’s much more than that. 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:12.120 We are here to deliver world-class journalism, globally, 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:13.840 and in modern democracies 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:15.920 that’s phenomenally important. 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:20.600 My perception of the FT was very different to how it actually is: 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:22.760 Quite boring and serious… 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.360 Very traditional, very corporate… 00:00:25.560 --> 00:00:26.860 I’d have a to wear a suit and tie… 00:00:27.140 --> 00:00:29.640 But it turns out it’s nothing like it 00:00:30.100 --> 00:00:32.540 It’s really, really relaxed 00:00:32.720 --> 00:00:36.040 In reality, I get to wear a denim jacket 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:42.080 Our manifesto is to try to change the way we think about stories. 00:00:42.440 --> 00:00:44.860 Technology is absolutely fundamental to the FT. 00:00:44.860 --> 00:00:47.780 We are, in essence, a technology firm; 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:50.840 all our growth in the future is going to come from 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.540 the products and services that we build for our customers. 00:00:55.440 --> 00:00:57.660 We don’t want to give people systems and code; 00:00:57.660 --> 00:00:59.400 we want to give people outcomes 00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:01.080 and problems to solve. 00:01:01.780 --> 00:01:03.820 We do some weird stuff! No-one’s ever told, 00:01:03.820 --> 00:01:06.100 “No you can’t do that.” 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:08.960 For me the FT is one of the most exciting places to work right now 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:12.680 because we get to try cool new, sometimes slightly crazy things. 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:14.700 Working with colleagues in Product, 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:15.820 we made a news game. 00:01:15.820 --> 00:01:19.240 It was the first ever game that we made that is also a piece of journalism. 00:01:19.240 --> 00:01:21.660 It tells the story of being an Uber driver. 00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:25.800 This kind of creativity is basically empowering the whole team 00:01:25.800 --> 00:01:28.520 to try to make our job the best way we can. 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.900 After the grad scheme, I did a secondment for three months 00:01:33.900 --> 00:01:36.760 where I worked in the Operations and Reliability team. 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:41.080 We were encouraged to do rotations around different departments, 00:01:41.080 --> 00:01:44.760 again exposing me to new technologies and more scope for learning. 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:47.760 People are constantly pushing you further 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:51.880 and trying to really help you progress in terms of your skill set 00:01:51.880 --> 00:01:54.120 but also your career as well. 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:59.580 We take pride in the fact that we collaborate across geographies, 00:01:59.580 --> 00:02:00.700 across sectors, 00:02:00.700 --> 00:02:01.820 across specialisations. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:04.940 There’s a real sense of community here. 00:02:04.940 --> 00:02:07.980 It’s just a really warm place where people are friendly 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:09.740 and want to get to know you. 00:02:10.040 --> 00:02:12.160 My favourite thing at the FT is that 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:13.580 no matter who you are, 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:16.060 you can be who you want to be at work. 00:02:16.260 --> 00:02:19.140 There’s lots of social things going on, on a regular basis 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.700 We have clubs around board games, and photography; 00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:26.400 you get to bond and talk to people 00:02:26.420 --> 00:02:28.640 on all sorts of levels outside of work 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:31.540 and that enriches you as a person, really. 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.280 I’m part of the FT netball team; 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:38.120 we play every Monday night and it’s a mix, 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.520 so I’m in the Technology department but it’s journalists as well, 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:44.080 and people from all parts of the company. 00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:48.220 The diversity of people that we have here in FT is enormous: 00:02:48.220 --> 00:02:50.960 We have a lot of people coming from different backgrounds, 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:52.720 that have different knowledge, 00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:54.640 they different soft and hard skills, 00:02:54.640 --> 00:02:58.100 which is something you can steal from them 00:02:58.100 --> 00:02:59.960 but they’re also eager to share with you! 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:02.180 They’re always eager to explain. 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:04.740 We have lots of talks, 00:03:04.740 --> 00:03:06.680 we have inspiring speakers coming in. 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:10.820 We are quite good at promoting internal speaking and sharing, 00:03:10.820 --> 00:03:14.100 and external voices coming in as well, to inspire. 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:18.400 I ask people to value the fact that 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:21.180 if they do choose to join the FT, 00:03:21.180 --> 00:03:27.500 they are supporting an organisation which is standing up for the truth, 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:30.540 holding power to account. 00:03:30.540 --> 00:03:35.340 That, for me, is why I choose to work for the FT.