Worksmith

HQ
Austin
40 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2015

Worksmith Leadership & Management

What People Are Saying About Worksmith

  • Strategic Vision & Planning: Public messaging consistently presents a unified aim to be “the operating system for modern retail,” combining Workplace and Workforce into one platform across the homepage, product pages, and event materials. The Progress Retail acquisition is explicitly framed as the next step toward a one‑stop platform, aligning stated strategy with concrete moves.
  • Collaborative & Aligned Leadership: Leadership bios name clear responsibility for vision, strategy, and operational execution with the COO, indicating defined ownership of direction-setting. External listings and press echo the combined “people + places” positioning, suggesting cross-functional alignment at the top.
  • Adaptability & Agility: Scope has evolved from facilities-only toward an integrated Workplace + Workforce stack, reflecting responsiveness to broader retail-operations needs. Renaming Progress Retail to “Worksmith Workforce” and presenting a unified platform at NRF signal timely adaptation.

Worksmith's Benefits

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Hosts in-person all-hands meetings

Implements team-based strategic planning

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility