{"id":53480,"date":"2022-10-28T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T15:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=53480"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:38:00","slug":"stronger-together-ringcentral-reconnects-in-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/stronger-together-ringcentral-reconnects-in-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger Together: RingCentral embraces hybrid moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral\u2019s Stronger Together initiative is more than just a slogan, it embodies the company\u2019s approach to culture and\u00a0 hybrid work for employees based in the United States.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hybrid work enables employees flexibility and the opportunity to be together.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\" title=\"Stronger Together\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFW3IcbbEdM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>The Power of Connection\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is one thing we have all learned over the past few years, there are some aspects of work that are most effectively done in-person. We all use our MVP platform to work, quite literally, from anywhere, but with our Stronger Together initiative\u00a0 RingCentral is making that important transition to hybrid work, a combination of working off-site and coming together in one of our office locations. Stronger Together highlights the value of hybrid work, collaborating with one another, and also connecting IRL (In Real Life).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing can replace being in-person<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d said Sarah Fricke, Sr. Director of Global Sales Enablement and Revenue Growth, who shared her enthusiasm to return to the office through hybrid work. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To me, coming back to the office is about finding moments to <\/span><\/i><b><i>reconnect with each other<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>The Value of Working Together<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah is in good company; many RingCentral employees are also excited to have the opportunity to be with one another again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am really pumped to see the frowns get turned upside down and for people to understand the reason why it makes sense for us to come back together, to work as one, to be <\/span><\/i><b><i>stronger together<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d said Zach Cohn, Sales Mgr. SMB Partner Sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Boggess, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, summarizes the hybrid situation perfectly,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am a big proponent of collaboration, and I know we make some great tools to collaborate virtually, but sometimes there is nothing like <\/span><\/i><b><i>in-person communication<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Hybrid Work = Flexibility<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hybrid work allows for flexibility, convenience, and freedom. While working from home (or anywhere) has many benefits, hybrid work enables people to also work together at the office and enjoy the many benefits of face-to-face collaboration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe our Stronger Together approach helps us fully embrace hybrid work.\u00a0 It fosters the right culture and work environment that supports flexibility and work from anywhere while also helping to shape a workplace that puts the power of human connection at the heart of everything and some of the joy back into work!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hybrid work means that there are days each week where you\u2019ll be working from home, or you could be working from a van, or working from the beach, or frankly wherever you happen to be. And there will be other days where you\u2019ll be working in the office,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d says Mo Katibeh, President and Chief Operating Officer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christopher DeLeon, Contact Center Solutions Engineer, reinforces how hybrid work gives him the flexibility to take care of his family whenever necessary. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is a day I need to work from home and take care of my daughter or take her to school, I have that flexibility.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way we see it, hybrid work offers the best of both worlds; the flexibility to work off-site and the opportunity to work in-person, collaborate, and connect with your work friends and colleagues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><strong>Staying Ahead of the Changing Nature of Work<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a provider of cloud communications and collaboration, it\u2019s essentially in our DNA to stay ahead of the changing nature of work. Our product reflects the changes happening and we are constantly staying ahead of market trends.\u00a0 Here are a few examples:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Work is increasingly global:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We\u2019ve addressed this by making MVP available in 45 countries, IVN (International Virtual Numbers) in 100 countries. Localized in 18 languages.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Work is increasingly mobile:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We\u2019re mobile-first. Our solution has always been about enabling a mobile, work-from-anywhere experience. We have an amazing mobile first innovation mind-set which means we don\u2019t design for the desktop or browser first. We start with mobile.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Work is increasingly hybrid:<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If we look back at all that we\u2019ve been through, and how businesses survived the pandemic, the great resignation, then post-pandemic \u2026 and now embracing hybrid \u2013 we\u2019ve been there along the way and made it easy for businesses to make these transitions. 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