My company Sanebox is a tiny operation.  There are four full time employees. Three of the Four work from home in states that are far away: JD/Michigan, Kris/Colorado, Peter/North Carolina.  I work in the world wide headquarters in Boston, MA.

Each of the guys has small children and lots of important personal distractions. And this week Peter and Kris are moving.  On the stress-o-meter, moving is I think top 5. Everything you need and/or hold dear is in flux.  That includes spouse, children, pets, really everything. Kris is actually driving his wife and the dogs to their new home as I type this.

Here is the amazing thing.  They all have stayed focused on their work until the last minute. JD and I did a software release this morning.  A software release full of amazing new stuff: affiliate program, first step in social networking, fixes and speedups for the exchange version of SaneBox.  And it all got done perfectly in the midst of complete personal chaos.

So, here is a slow, dramatic clap for all three of my guys.  I try not to take them for granted, but seriously it is hard to avoid.  They all seem too good to be true.

Sounds like time to give them a bonus.

I wrote this post in the hopes that all those employers out there will look around and see what remarkable and brilliant work is taking place in the midst of personal difficulties and give their own people the slow, dramatic clap they deserve and often don’t get.

Since it is just JD and me at the moment.  I gotta go :-)