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February 25, 2022

Lessons from a global team: How to survey (but not over-survey) staff

WeMaintain's Jade Francine manages a team of more than 120 people on two continents. She shares her tips on keeping track of how they're doing


Amy Lewin

4 min read

Jade Francine

Jade Francine is cofounder and COO of Paris-based lift maintenance startup WeMaintain. She’s always been super keen on gathering feedback from her team, and now that it’s 120 people strong across Paris, London and Singapore, she thinks it’s more important than ever to keep a pulse check. She told the Startup Life newsletter how he does that.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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