The question candidates for any position at Silverchair most commonly ask me is what professional growth opportunities we offer. That is not at all surprising given that lack of opportunities for development has consistently remained the number one reason people leave jobs. Conversely, offering growth and...
As you know by now, Silverchair recently selected Thompson Street Capital Partners to help accelerate our company's plans for greater growth and impact in the world. What has so far been solely internal is the process we undertook to get to this place in a...
Silverchair recently announced a new capital partnership as well as the appointment of Will Schweitzer (previously Chief Product & Customer Success Officer) as President. Learn more about these developments in an interview between Marketing Director Stephanie Lovegrove Hansen and Will Schweitzer. Give us the TL;DR version...
The research supports what all great leaders innately understand: there is no leverage in weakness. This is why in the Fall of 2021, Silverchair adopted a strengths-based approach to performance management. Why Focus on Strengths? Most performance reviews look something like this: an overview of successes for...
Several years ago, after-work gatherings of several Silverchair women started to morph into standing get-togethers prompting insightful discussions, shared laughs, and a platform for stronger working relationships. That group has since been formalized into an employee resource group (ERG) called SWAN (Silverchair Women & Allies...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="page-section"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8"][vc_column_text]Silverchair’s mission is to change the world for the better by empowering creators and users of scholarly and professional knowledge to maximize their positive impact on humanity. Consistent with this mission, we are committed to the positive impact...
Silverchair is committed to supporting our team members not just as employees through professional development and role support, but as whole people. This mindset is built into everything our company does; here are a few examples of what that looks like: The Wellness Corner: Our...
Silverchair is proud to offer absolute flexibility to our people - fully embracing remote work while also offering a comfortable and beautiful coworking space in historic downtown Charlottesville. (Read more about the building’s history here and why we love Cville here.) Founded in 1993, Silverchair employs...
Silverchair’s mission is to change the world for the better by empowering creators and users of scholarly and professional knowledge to maximize their positive impact on humanity. As a company that aims to innovate to improve the creation, distribution, and impact of scientific knowledge, our commitment to diversity and inclusion...
Since the start of the pandemic, when our office-centered workforce went fully remote overnight, Silverchair has been continuously engaged in learning, listening, and actively evolving our remote and hybrid work practices. Throughout this process, we've shared out what we've learned, what we're doing, and ways...
Earlier this year we published our best thinking on “How to make video meetings less terrible.” Since then, we have deepened our understanding of the work norms our people need to maintain health and balance as we continue to evolve our hybrid workplace. Let Meetings Breathe Early...
When we talk about the "perks" of working at Silverchair, it usually centers on our culture. The Silverchair culture is very important to us and is something we actively cultivate and maintain through things like regular gatherings (biweekly virtual company meetings, monthly AMAs with our...
Since our founding in 1993, Silverchair has been headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. Over the years, we expanded to include several remote employees and recently shifted to a full hybrid work model, and yet, our physical location in Charlottesville continues to influence and contribute to our...
As Silverchair clients know, in each of our sprintly (every 3 weeks) platform release notes emails, we feature a spotlight on a Silverchair staff member. These spotlights include the “in a nutshell” version of what they do at Silverchair, a tip or trick for clients,...
In April, Silverchair released our second Workplace of the Future survey to ask more of the questions we need answered in order to fine-tune our evolving hybrid work model. We compiled some insightful data from our survey in January, but we wanted to capture the nuance of how our people and...
This guest post is authored by Phoebe McMellon, CEO of GeoScienceWorld For well over a year, the world’s attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis unlike anything we have ever experienced. However, on this Earth Day, we are reminded of the longstanding environmental...