Culture & Jobs at Aware

Working at Aware

Hiring in: Columbus

  • Internet Software & Services
  • Founded: 2017
  • Employees: 100
  • awarehq.com

Aware is a collaboration intelligence platform that identifies and reduces risk, maintains compliance, and uncovers new business insights from conversations at scale. Consolidate, enrich, search, and manage data across tools like Slack, WorkJam, Teams and Zoom for immediate visibility across the organization. Aware’s comprehensive platform solves common challenges that legal, compliance, information security and IT departments face when rolling out collaboration, including archiving, monitoring, organization insights, DLP, eDiscovery, retention and legal holds. Aware is a Microsoft Gold Partner, Slack eDiscovery and compliance partner and a Workplace from Meta integration partner.

Why work at Aware

Professional Growth

  • Safe Environment to Fail
  • Empowered to Pursue Passions
  • Innovation

Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging

  • Partners with DEI Groups
  • Committed to Diversity Goals

Culture & Climate

  • Results Oriented
  • Communication
  • Focused
  • Thoughtful
  • Autonomy
  • Continuous Feedback
  • Empathetic
  • Curious
  • Humble
  • Passionate
  • Local Community Involvement

Expectations

  • Work/Life Balance
  • Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Remote Friendly
  • Cross-Department Collaboration
  • Engages with Community

Relationships

  • Friends Outside of Work
  • Eats Lunch Together
  • Team Events/Retreats
  • Work BFFs
  • Friendly
  • Like Family
  • Heavily Team Oriented

Benefits

  • Parental Leave
  • Mental Wellness
  • Equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401k
  • Health Insurance

A Day in the Life at Aware

Aware office in Columbus

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