"Pets of Infragistics" Initiative Keeps Global Employees Engaged

To help employees stay connected and bring a little light into a difficult situation, global software leader Infragistics has launched a fun, employee-driven initiative called “The Pets of Infragistics”. Worldwide employees are invited to introduce their furry co-workers through a “Pet Profile” designed to help lift everyone’s spirits one paw at a time.

“Now that our entire company is working remotely, pets have replaced our human officemates,” says Debbie Gager, Director, Global Human Resources and Talent Acquisition, Infragistics, Inc. “Employees from all over the world, including Bulgaria, Uruguay, UK, India, Japan and the U.S., have gotten to know each other better by introducing their new “co-workers” to the rest of the team.”

Misty the boa constrictor lives in Hightstown, NJ and was adopted by Holly, who works in the Infragistics Account Receivable Dept. Misty was a snake-sitting job that went astray, and Holly’s family ended up adopting her. Misty won’t make any sudden appearances on team calls because she would much rather be left alone in her tank.

Based in Uruguay, Mariana, Infragistics’ Senior HR Manager, doesn’t have any live animals so she introduced her daughter’s diverse “plastic pets”, which include toy ducks, an alligator and the beloved Pokémon figure, Pikachu.

Stamat is an 11-month-old ball of fur who lives in Bulgaria with his human, Rumi, an Infragistics localization and product development expert. Stamat the cat likes biting cables and human limbs, napping in weird positions and climbing as high as possible, so that he can enjoy his superiority over the human race.

Romeo is a half Bengal tabby cat who recently started coding with his back paws and protects himself from the Coronavirus with an empty yoghurt cup on his face. Max is a black Bombay cat who supports his family by waking them up every day at 6:00 a.m. They live in the UK, with their owner, Tobias, an account executive, EMEA Sales at Infragistics.

Luke, the German Shepherd, is one of the few pets that has actually been to the Infragistics headquarters in Cranbury, NJ. He is in charge of security and acts as CEO Dean Guida’s personal bodyguard. Luke is ready to help out on any project (except for designing and coding).

“As we continue to work remotely, it is more important than ever for our global employees to support each other,” says Gager. “This initiative is a creative and fun way for our teams to get to know each other better, and it helps facilitate collaboration.”

“I couldn’t be happier to start or end my day seeing the beautiful pets of our Infragistics family,” says Rohit Gaur, Managing Director, India. “I am grateful that my colleagues are sharing their pet stories and love for their beautiful creatures.”

“The Pets of Infragistics makes me smile and I feel at ease every morning,” says Mika Kurashige, Infragistics Product Marketing Manager, Japan.

About Infragistics

Founded in 1989, Infragistics has become the world leader in providing user interface development tools and multi-platform enterprise software products and services to accelerate application design and development, including building business solutions for BI and dashboarding. More than two million developers use Infragistics enterprise-ready UX and UI toolkits to rapidly prototype and build high-performing applications for the cloud, web, Windows, iOS and Android devices. The company offers expert UX services and award-winning support from its locations in the U.S., U.K., Japan, India, Bulgaria and Uruguay.