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We all know a unique energy the spring brings. Setting the new goals, saying “yes” to each opportunity, working harder than the previous year. However, things don’t always go the way we expect. Great motivation and passion can be followed by great exhaustion, apathy, and loss of purpose. Especially in these “online” days when remote work is more demanding and intruding into your personal life, it is essential to take care of your mental health.

Christmas time is finally here! Even though this year has had very special atmosphere (not only in a good way), it would not be a proper end of the year without soaking in the Christmas spirit.

Education of young people is our favourite CSR topic! For a while Sygic has been a partner to OpenLab - a platform where high school students work on real projects, learn both hard skills and soft skills, such as team work, giving and receiving feedback. OpenGate, a presentation of students´ projects, took place at our office last year, however, this year when everyone switched into online, this event was not an exception. Therefore, students faced another challenge within their projects and that is - presenting their projects fully online.

We consider education one of the most important values of society. Therefore we proudly support initiatives that strive to improve education - especially of technical skills in young people. One of such organisations is Aj ty v IT that is on a mission to make women fall in love with IT.

Innovation has been the Sygic fuel since ever. And one of the most popular internal events is Innovation Day, which celebrates this value. Even though this year has special atmosphere, we wouldn't miss the chance to create something new and original.

It always gets hard to keep motivation with summer days having come. The weather makes us feel like swimming or sunbathing, but we are getting back to our offices to continue with the business as usual. We believe it is always worth making things pleasant, thus we stick to our traditional initiative - Fresh summer.

Maintaining the company culture has become a bit harder in these unusual times . For couple of months, we've switched into fully remote mode - not only IT engineers but also the whole HR and Operations Team. We adjusted priorities, managed to go on with regular meetings, and maybe became even more effective at times. However, one question remained: how to keep the team spirit alive and create space for an informal chat while working remotely?

Another week of home office and you are trying to find last bits of motivation? You are probably feeling very similar to most of us.. Moreover, it is even harder when the your boss is not looking - it is so easy to lose the track of time when communicating with team or using social media.

We all realise the need for responsible behaviour to flatten the curve of COVID 19 pandemics. Therefore we are more than proud of our colleagues who have gone the extra mile and became a part of volunteering team developing the app to fight the virus.