OnTheGoSystems News

Employee of the Month – Przemysław Mirota

Working remotely – are there opportunities for career growth? Do you like the idea of working from home, but want to advance your career? Working remotely could mean that you are stuck in the doldrums – plodding on with the knowledge and tasks you were hired for. Not so at OnTheGoSystems as Przemysław Mirota from Poland can personally testify. Przemyslaw sightseeing in Croatia When I started out as a web developer, I found writing a lot of HTML/CSS/JS boring. Since...

March 26, 2019

OTGS February News

February has been a busy month and we would like to share with you some of the biggest updates within OnTheGoSystems. WPML Update After the release of 4.2.0, we released two other hotfix versions to resolve some bugs. We are moving back to WPML 4.3.0 development which is focused on some usability improvements as well as users' feature requests, such as: The ability to translate the login/registration pages. The ability to translate terms meta. Remembering the language visitor’s last used...

March 1, 2019

Employee of the Month – Mohamed Khafaja

When remote colleagues become close friends. Can this happen? People who work together in a physical environment easily cultivate friendships during their coffee breaks or when sharing lunch together. But what about remote workers where hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of kilometers separate them? Imagine you are working with people living in New Zealand, Russia, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Spain and as far west as Argentina. How can you possibly become close friends? Mohamed Khafaja has discovered the secret! Tell us about...

February 21, 2019

OTGS January News

Welcome, 2019! OnTheGoSystems hopes you enjoyed your holiday season. We started the year with a real-life story from our Founder, Amir Helzer, about what customers expect; we will continue working hard to ensure the best experience for all our customers in the year ahead. Unfortunately, we had to face a “hacker” challenge, but we sorted things out together as a team. We would like to thank all of our team members who put in extra hours to help us overcome...

January 28, 2019

Employee of the month – Christian Glingener

How do you measure job satisfaction? An interview with our employee of the month - Christian Glingener We are all searching for job satisfaction. But how do we measure it? For each of us, there are different aspects of a job which we value more than others. Is a good working relationship with your colleagues important for you? Do you feel appreciated and do you receive commendation for your job performance? Would you like more career opportunities and a chance...

January 18, 2019

OTGS December News

December is finally here and everyone is getting ready for the holidays and the New Year, so this won’t be a huge update. The new editor for WordPress is out. We highly recommended postponing the Wordpress 5.0 update (the Gutenberg version) in your production sites until January. This is a holiday season for many people so it’s better to enjoy this time of the year with friends and family. Enjoy the fun rather than rushing a major update now. WPML...

December 21, 2018

Employee of the month – Valentina Volpi

Successful job seekers are people with technical skills, effective communication abilities, are adaptable, honest, have reputations as hard workers and ones who work well with others. Every job exerts a certain amount of pressure to be productive, so it is prudent for potential employees to take a careful look at the work environment they want to join and think about their own work habits. Valentina Volpi from Italy describes how she was successful in landing a remote job with OnTheGoSystems....

December 21, 2018

OTGS November News

As we said in our previous post, November is a big month for WordPress. We continue working to make sure we are fully ready for Gutenberg. And, as usual, we keep adding features to our plugins and improving our communication and cooperation with clients and authors. WPML News Today, we finally released 4.1.0. Last month we were almost ready to release it with compatibility features for Gutenberg. Just as the Gutenberg/WordPress 5.0 was still a moving target, we postponed that...

November 28, 2018

Work and Stories

Is Working from Home for You?

Working from home is both a great opportunity and a challenge. When you work from home, you no longer need to travel into the office each day and so can save a lot of time. However, you may need to adapt the way you work. If you are working in an office today and are wondering what it would be like to work from home, you will need to consider both the benefits and the drawbacks. Benefits of working from...

November 28, 2018

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Employee of the month – Konrad Karpieszuk

With David at the city market in Split Living a satisfying, meaningful life obviously involves making time for your job, for your family and having time to relax. How can you care for these important areas of your life in the best way possible? How can you balance your family life with your job? Konrad Karpieszuk, a father of two, is successfully balancing his career with his family life. How does he do it? I enjoy...

November 27, 2018