Formstack is headquartered in Indianapolis, but 50% of Formstackers live outside of Indy in regions across the United States, as well as Canada, Poland, and the Netherlands. Because Formstack is a distributed company, our leaders are intentional about bringing employees together for an annual meeting or two each year. This spring, each individual team within Formstack got together for their second annual team “All Hands” events. All the meetups took place in the Midwest United States and involved lots of team building and good times. In fact, these in-person meetings are some of our most important corporate team-building activities of the year! Want an inside look at how each department meetup went down? Here are the highlights:
Customer Experience All Hands
Location: Red River Gorge in Kentucky
Home Base:The Lakeside Lodge
Number of Formstackers: 9
Memorable Happenings:
- Busting out Formstack support tickets together
- Hiking
- Team building with meal prep
- Working on a developer appreciation project
- Playing Power Struggle (Formstack's special Ping Pong game) on a pool table
- Getting crafty with tie-dye
- Telling campfire stories
- Having a Cinco de Mayo fiesta
Product/Design/Development/Finance All Hands (aka Lodge Hands)
Location: Hocking Hills, Ohio
Home Base: Meadows Lodge (aka FOMO), Falls Lodge (aka shhh), and Timber View Lodge (aka girls only)
Number of Formstackers: 28 (at the highest count)
Memorable Happenings:
- Participating in corn hole tournaments
- Racing to make and eat s’mores (complete with starting fires with flint)
- Racing to pour and consume drinks while blindfolded
- Playing badminton
- Fitting 18 people into a 15-passenger van to go canoeing
Marketing All Hands
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Home Base: Hyatt Regency
Number of Formstackers: 13
Memorable Happenings:
- Brand brainstorming with Studio Science
- X-Treme Templating (building lots of new Formstack templates!)
- Going on a trek to an outdoor concert on the water
- Participating in a personalized zombie escape
- Playing tavern games (corn hole, boccie ball, pool, air hockey, and Power Struggle)
- Watching nighttime horse racing at Churchill Downs
Sales All Hands (aka Small Hands)
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Home Base: JW Marriott
Number of Formstackers: 7
Memorable Happenings:
- Touring breweries (Founders and New Holland)
- Team building at The Great Escape Room
- Visiting Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
- Hiking on the dunes at Kirk Park
- Playing LOTS of Catch Phrase
Talent All Hands
Location: Nashville, Indiana (aka Brown County)
Home Base: The Country Resort
Number of Formstackers: 5
Memorable Happenings:
- Brainstorming ways to increase employee engagement
- Visiting the gun range
- Playing board games
- Taking an old-timey photo
- Thwarting a casino heist with a few minutes to spare!
It's safe to say every team had a great time! Next up: Our annual meeting with the entire Formstack family in September. Follow us on Twitter or Instagram to keep up with all our happenings, including these fun team meetups.
