PICTURES: All The Employees Of This 'Cultish' LA Startup Live And Work In The Same House
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It's not often that we get to take a look inside one of these startups while they're still at this point. Usually, office walkthroughs only happen once a company has moved into a slick HQ that comes complete with a gym and game room.
That's why we were thrilled when Los Angeles-based Enplug, a one-year-old startup that makes interactive displays for bars and restaurants in Southern California, decided to give us an inside look at the home that serves as the main office and residence for the company's team of coders and designers.
By removing the difference between home and office, developers are free to work at any time of day or night. This setup seems equal parts "cultish" (in Enplug CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu's words) and fun — there's less pressure to work all day when things can be done at night, but it also makes it harder to define when "down time" really is.
Employees I've spoken to have told me that the setup makes working feel like spending time with family. In fact, some of the employees are family: two of the company's developers got married before moving in with Enplug. For their part, they say the free food and rent is worth "the lack of privacy."