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  • Satisfaction Surveys - Payara's Results Are In! 27 Mar 2023

    Happy, motivated staff is the goal for every business – because who doesn’t want a high performing, engaged workforce?!  Working in a globally distributed, fully remote company means that, sometimes, you can’t always see what is working for your people in the moment. That’s why regular satisfaction surveys (eNPS) are so valuable. These surveys give […]

  • Remote Working - For the Win?! 17 Mar 2023

    Gaurav yoga

    3 years on from the pandemic, companies are now assessing the way they want their employees to work. Most companies that could go remote, went remote and are facing the decision to either ask staff to come back into the office full time, work hybrid or stay fully remote. It’s safe to say that with […]

  • Parents of Payara: Head of People Julia Millidge 13 Mar 2023

    Julia and her children in the Lake District

    What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking […]

  • Happy International Women's Day! 08 Mar 2023

    Ramya and Dominika illustrations

    Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day, on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. At Payara, our female employees are part of a world where women are often underrepresented – software! We wanted to speak to a few of them to spotlight their perspective and […]

  • Parents of Payara: Senior Marketing Specialist Dominika Tasarz-Sochacka 03 Mar 2023

    Dominika with baby!

    What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking […]

  • Parents of Payara: Senior Test Engineer Simon Laden 23 Feb 2023

    Simon illustrated

    What’s life like as a parent at Payara? Due to our flexible remote-working policy, there is a lot that is appealing about combining parenthood with Payara. When your commute is non-existent, it’s easier to be there for those precious moments. However, when your work and home life are blended, there are challenges! We are talking […]

  • Meet Our New Technical Writer Luqman! 18 Nov 2022

    Luqman in Payara shirt at his desk

    We have a new Payaran, Technical Writer Luqman! He is a Jakarta EE expert ready to bring his insight and skills to Payara. We asked him a few questions to get to know him better!

  • Meet Simon, new Senior Test Engineer (& Jessica & Casey The Cats!) 06 Oct 2022

    Simon Payaran and cat

    Simon joins us as we grow our global, remote-first team! He is a Senior Test Engineer and is part of the team from his home in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, we get to know him bettter:

  • Growing our Payara Service team - Meet Felix and Elif! 15 Sep 2022

    Payara offers a choice of 24×7, 10×5, or Migration & Project Support provided by directly by our Jakarta EE / Java EE expert engineers. As we grow, that means our Service team grows too. We’ve recently welcomed Felix – from Romania but living in Wales, UK – and Elif – based in Ankara, Turkey – to our […]

  • Leadership That Inspires People! 29 Apr 2022

    Today is the birthday of Steve Millidge, Payara’s CEO and Founder, Eclipse Foundation key committer, and the brains behind providing a supported replacement for GlassFish in 2014: the birth of Payara Platform! However, being a leader means a lot more than just bright ideas, and his leadership style also sets the tone for Payara’s culture and values. […]

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