Camaraderie

EMC's culture is one of empowerment, innovation, execution, and caring about the customer and fellow employees. We have built a culture of teamwork and trust, creating a sense of camaraderie at both the departmental and company-wide level.

New employees are welcomed into the EMC family with a wide variety of programs:

• All new employees are enrolled in a "Compass" program, where they learn about the company, its values, and its history, and have an opportunity to meet other new hires.
• New college hires are assigned "alum chums" to help them navigate the company.
• Each new sales hire spends time learning from company executives and experiencing bonding programs like the ritual of "fire-walking."

At the departmental and functional level, each organization has its own rituals. Organizational groups have been known to:

• Form softball and soccer leagues that play on one of the company's fields.
• Have "coffee and communication" or "lunch and learn" sessions, where socializing is as important as the business topic.
• Participate in fun team-building activities.
• Celebrate birthdays, employee anniversaries, births, and other important events.