Working at Toggl

Working at Toggl

The Joys and Challenges of Vanemapuhkus, the Estonian “Parental Vacation”

The Estonian term vanemapuhkus literally translates, word for word, into “parental vacation”. Any parent who’s been on this so-called vacation knows that it’s almost always anything but.

Remote Work

Toggl Track Staff Show Off Their Workstations

Toggl is a fully remote company, with people scattered across the world (in 19 different time zones). But where do we actually sit (or stand) and work when we work from home?
Toggl

Adaptation and Compassion in a Time of Crisis: Our Statement on Covid-19

There’s a difference between choosing remote work and being suddenly confined to the boundaries of your home.
Working at Toggl

Desktop Team’s Go Loco Week Sparks New, Creative Solutions for Toggl

Go Loco Week is a great opportunity for our developers to learn and work with new technologies, design new features, and just get creative!
Remote Work

Step-by-Step Guide for Organizing an Epic Company Meetup

We are a fully remote company of 80 people working from 30 different countries. We love our remote set up, and most of us can not imagine going back to an office job. Yet, one of the downsides of the remote work is you can find yourself being lonely and feel isolated if you don’t spend face-to-face time with your colleagues. This is one of the reasons we organize team meetups throughout the year
Track

How to Nail the Technical Interview for A Remote Job

I’ll help you achieve your dream of working from a coffee shop.
Experiments

How I Failed the 9/80 Work Schedule Experiment

When our marketing lead Emily asked me to try out the 9/80 work schedule experiment, I jumped on board without hesitation. (Or maybe I just mumbled a less enthusiastic and a lot more Estonian, “Yeah, ok I can do it.”) I get a Friday off? Enough said! To be quite honest, I already started making
Methods

To Avoid Distractions, Stop Using Time Management

Time management isn’t a solution to productivity woes, but rather the cause. Before you stop your time trackers, let me explain.
Remote Work

How I Survived the Transition From Developer to Manager

I never considered becoming a manager. When fantasizing about the future, I’d think of working as a programmer until I had enough money to switch to something different

Design

How Not to Build a Video Game

We tried to build a video game in a week and failed spectacularly. Join us on our 5-day journey to launch Paper Pushers: an office life simulation.
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Why We’re Planting Trees for Our Job Candidates

At Toggl Plan, we strive to hire amazing teammates based on their skills. Instead of submitting a resume, our applicants take a 20-minute skills test. These test results help us find top talent faster, and give job applicants an easy way to apply. In the past, we rewarded our top job applicants by sending them
Remote Work

My Failures in Managing a Remote Team (And How to Avoid Them)

It has been exactly four years since I joined the truly awesome team at Toggl. Coincidentally, that was also the time when Toggl switched from a traditional office to remote working.