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 … Continued
As any newly-minted college graduate entering the workforce for the first time soon learns, you can’t really know what you’re supposed to do with your life until you actually get a job. At least, this was what Ylan Muller discovered when she first started working at Gravity Payments in 2013. Having graduated with a degree … Continued
“Hmmm….a few months is a little longer than we’d hoped. What could you do in a week?” The question took Oliver by surprise. He’d just informed his colleague, Emery Wager, that he’d be happy to help Gravity build an API that would allow new clients to onboard with the company more quickly. Oliver was … Continued
“I walked into work one day and realized I didn’t care how much I was getting paid. I didn’t want to put my moral compass in jeopardy just so I could pay the rent.” This was the moment in which Jose Garcia says he made his first “adult decision.” For the past five years, he’d … Continued
Jessica Moore applied for a job at Gravity because she wanted a change of scenery. Born and raised in Atlanta, she’d been working as a general manager at an optical retailer chain for seven years and was starting to feel complacent. “I wasn’t being challenged enough,” she says. She first heard about Gravity while … Continued
Matt Dho first heard about Gravity Payments right after CEO Dan Price announced the company’s $70,000 minimum wage policy in April 2015. “I thought, ‘That’s pretty crazy,’” he says. “‘I can’t believe someone actually did that.’” At the time, Matt had been working in Seattle as a banker at a local branch of a national … Continued
