As the 5th week of our internship rolls around (FIFTH WEEK?! No way…), the office is buzzing and the work is flowing steadily.  We were promised on Day 1 that we would be doing work that mattered at TOMS, not just typical intern grunt work i.e. coffee runs and long hours at the copy machine.  [...]

I’ve gotten several questions since I started these intern updates regarding just what it takes to be a TOMS HQ intern.  Each time I usually respond that you must be hard working, passionate, driven, smart, and eager to learn.  But then as I thought about my fellow interns, it occurred to me that you must also be unique, silly, fun, [...]

Eleven strangers from around the country were chosen to work in one warehouse for five months.  Welcome to the life of a TOMS Spring 2010 intern.  My name is Sarah and I am one of the newest members to the TOMS family! I drove across the country all the way from Augusta, GA to begin [...]

In a recent letter Blake wrote to each of us at HQ, he began:
My TOMS Family,
Please read the first three words of this letter again. Yes, i truly feel as if TOMS is a family, and from day one, i have done everything possible to treat each person with the same love and respect that [...]

Unfortunately, we don’t all work remotely from Shoe Drop locations (potential 2011 idea, Blake?), but our HQ scenario isn’t too bad. Posted up in a funky complex in sunny Santa Monica, CA, you’ll find a long alley way that leads to a big warehouse door. A TOMS flag atop the entry-way is the first indication [...]

TOMS employee Garett will be missed at the annual TOMS Family Holiday party tonight, but it looks like he’s getting a good taste of cold weather in South Korea!

Happy Holidays from HQ, G. Travel safe!
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The artistic talents of some of the TOMS staff at HQ debuted last week featuring what gifts they were giving this Holiday season and why. And back by popular demand, here are some more comical and clever creations from HQ…

We have a pretty creative space to work in. Its a warehouse/sound stage turned official business HQ: Creative. We have walls made out of boxes of shoes: Creative. And we each have special “shoe names” (Sole Surfer, Sole Mate, Shoegooder): Creative… right? We’ve even been known to have entire all-staff meetings to brainstorm.
In order to [...]