msg News: celebration of the company’s foundation, Christmas and expansion to the Czech Republic

Author: Zuzana Kocáková

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The end of 2021 was very busy in msg life Slovakia. We had several reasons to be happy. In addition to celebrating 21 years as a company in November, we also held a number of events. These included a feast festival and, with the Christmas holidays approaching, other traditional activities. We have not slowed down in our search for new colleagues, but this time we have also cast our nets in the Czech Republic. The offer of Full Remote positions has been expanded again. Read what new things happened in our company during autumn and winter. The age of 21 evokes adulthood for many. However, in the context of our company’s existence, this number is a symbol of stability, experience and background. Over more than two decades, strong bonds of friendship have been forged between our colleagues. The company has gained many leading corporate clients and, together with its international background, the necessary stability. However, everything has evolved over time. “When we started in 2000, we focused only on software development,” recalls Milan Patassy, one of the company’s managing directors, of the company’s beginnings. “We now have more than 200 employees in Slovakia and, in addition to developers, we also employ more than 80 testers, as well as client consultants and specialists in migration, integration and mathematics. In total, we cover about fourteen products that we develop and test,” adds Milan.

Jobs also in the Czech Republic

The company is growing so much that we are currently looking for employees in the Czech Republic. Specifically java programmers or integration architects. Employees from our neighbours will work in the form of Full Remote. There are no concerns about whether this form of cooperation will work from the management side. We have already addressed a similar issue at the beginning when the parent company in Germany was expanding its divisions to other countries, including Slovakia.

Currently, due to the pandemic situation, the list of fully remote positions is expanding. “The labour market is changing and so are the trends and benefits for employees. Of course, our company tries to keep up with them. The health of our colleagues is important to us. That is why all jobs are currently hybrid, with Home Office. This means that 60 percent of the working time the employee can work from the comfort of home and 40 percent in the office space. It is up to the employee which days are spent in the office and which at home. For some positions we are even looking for Full Remote collaborations. These are mainly developer jobs or individuals who would have to commute from a long distance, for example, from the Czech Republic,” explains the company’s HR manager Maria.

Company benefits and gifts

Even during the autumn and winter we did not forget to diversify our work. At the end of October, we held a traditional feast in the premises of the company, where we enjoyed crispy duck and lokšiai. “During the summer, we organised weekly lunches together and, as they were a great success and received positive feedback, we wanted to continue this,” adds recruiter Dominika.

However, this event was not the only one of its kind. With the Christmas holidays approaching, the Personnel Department prepared St. Nicholas gifts for colleagues and their children and even organised a Christmas market, which was held outdoors. This year we did not forget about Christmas presents either. “Colleagues were able to fill in a questionnaire about what they would like to have under the tree and we were happy to fulfil their wishes,” adds Dominika.

We joined forces for a good cause

At msg life Slovakia, however, we think of others besides our employees. With winter approaching, we have also turned our attention to several non-profit organizations and volunteer associations. Examples are Freedom of Animals, Plamienok or Vagus. We materially supported abandoned pets, donated clothes to homeless people and financially supported a collection for breathing apparatuses for sick children.

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“We decided to be active not only internally, but also to use our energy outside the office. Together with our children, we took up to 80 kg of kibble to a dog shelter, walked the dogs and also organized a clothes collection for the underprivileged. We collected a car full of warm clothes. Perhaps the empathy of our colleagues was most evident when, together with the company, they contributed considerable sums for breathing apparatuses for sick children. A big thank you to all of them,” says Zuzana, office manager of msg life Slovakia.

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msg News: celebration of the company’s foundation, Christmas and expansion to the Czech Republic

Zuzana Kocáková

At msg life Slovakia I take care of the company culture, events and I am part of the marketing team. I like a job where I can be creative and contribute to making my colleagues at msg feel good. I regularly prepare for you not only news and interesting things from the world of information technology and insurance, but also from behind the scenes events at msg life Slovakia.