At Doist, we do things differently...

The building blocks of our identity

We’re committed to building a company and culture with a lasting impact on the world.

  • Working without borders

    Ambition without rest isn't sustainable. And working without ambition breeds complacency. Our team is proof you can have both.

  • Balancing ambition and wellbeing

    Balance without ambition is complacency. Ambition without balance isn't sustainable. Our team is proof you can have both.

  • Supporting our users’ goals

    As Doist builds the future of work, many more people across the globe will thrive, both professionally and personally.

  • Thinking in decades, not in quarters

    We opt for solutions that will get us where we want to be in the long-term. We’re running a marathon, not a sprint.

Our core values

They are few, but they are mighty. From creating processes to decision-making and recruiting, we build our five core values into nearly every single thing we do.

Ambition

You aspire to put a dent in the universe. You set high standards for yourself and those around you. You solve issues that have a high impact on our customers and our company.

Mastery

You care deeply about the quality of your work. You’re continuously learning and pushing yourself to the limits of your ability. As a champion of your craft, you are also a champion of your well-being – you work intensely, then disconnect completely.

Independence

Others can trust that you’ll deliver on time. You keep your word and trust your teammates to do the same. You are proactive, take ownership, and remain accountable with little or no direction.

Communication

Your communication is clear, concise, and engaging. You keep others in the loop and never go radio silent. You speak respectfully and foster warm relationships through your interactions. You’re culturally and socially aware and can appropriately navigate social situations.

How we work

Radical? Only for now. By using our core values to model our behavior, we show the world that a more empowering future of work is possible – and is already happening.

We embrace asynchronous teamwork

People have the space and trust to disconnect to focus on deep work. No one is expected to respond to messages immediately.

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We trust our teammates by default

Autonomy and transparency are more effective motivators than time tracking and micromanagement.

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We care about our team’s mental health

Adjusting to remote work can be hard. We respect that challenge and support people through the transition and throughout their remote career.

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We embed our values in our products

Design is never neutral. We build products that embody our values and respect our users’ time and attention.

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Giving back, globally

Part of being a remote company means being responsible citizens of the world. Every year we donate up to 2% of our revenue growth to support the vital work of internationally-minded organizations like:

  • Software in the Public Interest

    2021

  • Pallets Projects

    2021

  • SQLAlchemy

    2021

  • Python Software Foundation

    2021

  • Electronic Frontier Foundation

    2021

  • Girls Who Code

    2021

  • The Ocean Cleanup

    2019 - 2020

  • National Breast Cancer Foundation

    2019 - 2020

  • NAACP

    2019 - 2020

  • Amnesty International

    2019 - 2020

  • Doctors without Borders

    2019 - 2020

  • International Rescue Committee

    2017 - 2018

  • Stop Hunger

    2016

  • Doctors without Borders

    2016

  • Malala Fund

    2016

  • Heifer International

    2016

  • Charity Water

    2015

  • Software Freedom Conservancy

    2013

Becoming Doist

In the beginning, there was no Doist. No company. No team. No bigger vision.

There was just a stressed out computer science student struggling to manage multiple jobs on top of a full course load. So he built a little app to keep track of it all which he imaginatively called Todoist.

It turns out, he wasn’t the only stressed out person in the world struggling to manage multiple responsibilities and yearning for some semblance of control over a busy life. The audience grew. The team grew. The vision grew. The bug reports and feature requests grew too. Somewhere along the line, all that energy to help stressed out people live calmer, more organized lives coalesced into a real company with a real mission. Today, Doist is a remote-first team of 93 people representing 41 nationalities in 39 countries and 75 cities.

Over the past 13 years, Todoist has grown from a personal side project to a market-leading Swiss Army Knife of life organization. Millions of people around the world rely on Todoist every day to keep track of everything – from the mundane logistics of being an adult to their most important professional goals.

In 2017, we launched a second product – a team communication app called Twist, designed for calmer, more organized, more transparent teamwork. Because, let’s face it, you can try to be as calm, organized, and in control as you want, but if your team communication is a raging hot mess you’ll still be stressed out, miserable, and incapable of reaching your full human potential.

The point is, a lot has changed, but our desire to create a lasting legacy has only deepened. We’re building the future that we want to work in. One where jobs are borderless (not to mention commute-less!). Where careers don’t have to come before families. Where people of all shapes, colors and sizes are trusted to work without distractions on things they care about. And where we can all unplug at the end of the day guilt-free with the peace-of-mind that our tasks and teamwork are accounted for.

Will it solve all the world’s problems? No. Will it make a whole lot of lives a whole lot better? We’ve been living in that future for over a decade so we speak from experience when we say “hell yes!”

We don’t know what Doist’s next decade will bring, but it won’t include selling out or getting acquired. We don’t have an exit strategy – we have a mission to help shape the future of work for decades to come.

Becoming Doist

Amir starts working on TD while at university

Doist hires its first remote employee, officially becoming fully remote

Todoist’s first mobile apps are launched for iOS and Android

Development of Twist begins

First company retreat happens in Spain

Twist is released

1BN tasks are completed in Todoist

Todoist Foundations is released

Twist is completely redesigned and re-launched

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