Gravity Stories

Growing up in Santa Cruz, California, Grant MacLeod knew from an early age that he didn’t quite fit in. “I would describe Santa Cruz as a skater or surfer-bum town,” he says. “It’s very relaxed, almost like an upscale hippie town. But I was a fairly straight-laced, gay nerd, so I wasn’t like one of […]

Modern society delights in hating on Millennials. Although plenty of research has shown that this generation is worse off financially than their parents, despite being more educated and skilled, a stereotype persists that they are lazy, entitled, and expect success to be handed to them with a gold star and a participation trophy. If any […]

On the first episode of Silent Superheroes, the podcast created and hosted by Gravity’s VP of People Development James Pratt, we hear the story of Amanda, a mother in her forties who has bipolar I disorder. In explaining what it’s like to be bipolar, Amanda describes the time when, in the middle of a manic […]

This post is a summary of an event put on by Gravity Speaker Series On October 4th, transgender rights advocate Dana Pizzuti visited the Gravity Seattle office at the invitation of our diversity and inclusion group, DIG. Dana was in town to discuss her new book Transitioning in the Workplace, which discusses her decision to […]

Editor’s Note: the below profile was written by Gravity employee Ashlie Blaske and is part of our on-going effort to highlight and celebrate the people who make our company great. In our frantic and busy lives, it is easy to look past one another and ignore our shared humanity. By profiling individual employees and allowing […]

Author and activist DeRay McKesson is best known for his civil rights advocacy, in particular his work with the Black Lives Matter movement. His writing, speeches, podcasts, and media appearances have helped shine a bright light on the pervasive effects of institutional racism in America, such as mass incarceration, police brutality, and lack of educational […]

Emery Wager never considered joining the military until he had a random conversation with a stranger at a party. After some small talk, Emery was surprised when the stranger, a senior at Stanford University, mentioned that he was planning to join the Marines after he graduated. It wasn’t that Emery, who had graduated from Stanford […]

It’s 10am, and a group of Gravity employees are gathered in the company’s “Town Hall” conference room. The topic of discussion is how to improve personal organization and prioritization. One employee shares his struggle with multitasking; he has been working to limit the number of web browser tabs he has open at the same time. […]

The “Veterans at Gravity” series profiles employees at our company who previously served in the military. The series is part of an initiative by our in-house diversity group, Diversity and Inclusion at Gravity (DIG), to promote issues surrounding veterans in the workplace. Any views expressed are the employee’s own. “Once I became a rescue swimmer, […]

In the past two weeks, two people at Gravity have thanked me for giving them unsolicited feedback.   I was struck by this because, even though I’ve worked at several companies before Gravity, I’d never witnessed a culture in which feedback was not only tolerated but appreciated. While we’re far from perfect, our company’s pursuit […]

It’s not easy to summarize what Kaitlynn Vincent does in her role at Gravity’s Boise-based subsidiary ChargeItPro. But, when she describes a typical day, phrases like “putting out fires,” “detective work,” and “diplomacy” spring to mind. Her title of “Sales Assistant” on the Sales Assistance and Operations (SOPS) team doesn’t really help to explain things […]

Our Faith, Beliefs, and Values blog series seeks to highlight Gravity employees who bring strong personal values systems–whether religious, cultural, political, or otherwise purpose-driven–to their life and work. At Gravity, we strive to create an environment in which all employees feel like they can be themselves and their convictions are respected. The opinions and views […]