Vivek Nair

The waiting room lobbies provide extra security as guests must be approved by existing team members to join a room.

Introducing Waiting Room Lobbies | Pesto

Daniel Liem

We just raised $5M [https://pesto.app/blog/seed] and are supporting over 10,000
teams... but we're only 8 people. This is unsustainable - that's why we're
hiring.

This time, we’re excited to announce our first ever external recruiting referral
program!

If you refer someone we successfully hire (meaning: they accept our offer to
join Pesto), you have the option to choose the following:

 * 💰 $10,000 cash bonus
 * 📈 "right to invest" in our next round (must be accredited). To clarify: you
   are responsible for your own cost basis

In order to qualify for a referral:

 1. You must introduce the candidate to us via email, text, or some other form
    of communication that provides evidence of a paper trail
 2. The candidate cannot be a personal connection to a current Pesto employee,
    they must be a new connection
 3. Additionally, if a Pesto employee has reached out to the candidate on their
    own for hiring purposes, you cannot suddenly claim you are a referrer of
    that candidate to capitalize the opportunity. You must have referred them 
    before we reached out on our own
 4. Simply providing a list of potential candidates for us to reach out to does
    not qualify as a referral


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Here’s why we’re doing this:

 1. We want incentives to align. We know finding great talent in today’s market
    takes time and hard work.
 2. We think it’s only fair to compensate you if you help us. It’s a triple win
    after all - for us, for you, and for the potential hire!
 3. We want folks who believe in us and the long-term potential of Pesto and
    remote work, and we can’t cultivate this community alone

Right now, we’re hiring for the following: https://pesto.app/blog/jobs

🖌️Product Designer #1 [https://pesto.app/blog/jobs#designer]
⚒️Software Engineers [https://pesto.app/blog/jobs#engineer]

Today, we’re a team of 8 that is fully distributed across the US. If you or
anyone you know is just as excited about building a more digitally native,
authentically human workplace with us, send us a message at jobs@pesto.app


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Special thanks to Justine Palefsky at Kindred Homes for letting us borrow this
whole idea! ☺️

Referral Bonus Program

Over the last few months, many Pesto users have asked for additional security
features and configuration options to manage guest access into rooms via meeting
links. We spent several weeks redesigning and simplifying the guest flow. Today,
we’re excited to announce the launch of waiting room lobbies!

What's new?
For guests
When you enter a room as a guest via a meeting link, you'll be prompted to
accept audio/video permissions and configure your avatar for the conversation.

Personalize your avatar before joining the meetingOnce you’ve configured your
avatar, simply click “Request access” and you’ll knock on the room. Members of
the team will then see the knock as a blue alarm in the room list.

For team members
To accept or reject a request from a knocking user, join the room and select an
appropriate action from the toolbar at the top. Once you accept a request, the
knocking user is instantly brought into the conversation.

How it appears when multiple guests are knockingThings to Note
Users will be prompted to knock on a room in two cases:

 * They are not members of the team (e.g. guest users)
 * The door is locked and other users are actively using the room. Empty locked
   rooms will not prompt users to knock.

Since this feature is new, please let us know if you experience any weird
behavior. We appreciate any feedback and bug reports🐛🦟🪳


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What is Pesto? 
Pesto is the digitally native, authentically human workplace. In Pesto, you and
your teammates customize your own avatars and virtually meet in customizable
rooms. Try it out - it's free!