In July, the Roblox group gathered at our San Mateo HQ for per week of actions that fostered worker connections, created neighborhood, and celebrated the technical improvements we’re constructing to drive the way forward for our platform and enterprise. 

Coming Together and Building Connection

Roblox Week embodies our future of labor method, bringing the corporate collectively at key moments to help natural connection, collaboration, and innovation. For many individuals, this was a chance to fulfill new group members for the primary time in particular person, or get re-connected with colleagues that that they had not seen for awhile. 

“The first-ever Roblox Week brought together nearly 1,500 Robloxians from around the world to connect and collaborate in person,” stated Barbara Messing, Chief People Experience and Marketing Officer. “The positive energy throughout the week was tangible, and our teams left feeling inspired, aligned, and ready to continue innovating.” 

Where We’re Headed

During Roblox Week, teams got here collectively for on-sites and group constructing. We additionally had a particular Town Hall on the Fox Theater in Redwood City, CA the place our government group talked about our thrilling improvements and the formidable technical roadmap that can assist us ship on our imaginative and prescient to reimagine how folks come collectively. 

“We have innovated and executed amazing ideas at Roblox, and we have a bright future ahead as we live our ambitious mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility,” shared Dave Baszucki, Roblox CEO & Founder.  

 To cap off the occasions, Robloxians gathered for a summer time picnic to recharge and rejoice with colleagues. Employees loved a Friday afternoon stuffed with meals, drinks, and enjoyable earlier than closing out the week.

“We can go out there and envision something completely novel, something that’s never been done before, and then go make it happen and make it happen in a way that’s completely consumable by our community,” Roblox CTO Dan Sturman shared. “We need to continue to respect the community and particularly apply that internally. We have the ability to come together and do bigger things.”

Will you be on the subsequent Roblox Week? We’re already counting down the times. 

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