Cool Company To Work For #17: Quiksilver

Jun 7, 2014

Quiksilver, Inc. is the world’s leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, designing, producing and distributing a diversified mix of branded apparel, winter sports and golf equipment, footwear, accessories and related products. The Company’s apparel and footwear brands represent a casual lifestyle for young-minded people that connect with its board-riding culture and heritage, while its winter sports and golf brands symbolise a long-standing commitment to technical expertise and competitive success on the mountains and on the links.

Authenticity, innovation, pride, confidence and a belief in limitless potential have been the foundations in Quiksilver becoming the largest and most prestigious clothing and apparel company in the action outdoor sports industry.

The groovy sport and surf retailer Quiksilver walks its talk with its workforce. As a retailer promoting an active lifestyle to its buyers, it also promotes a similar ethos to its employees.

Lunchtime surfing and snow trips are a given and helped by the company’s most recent initiative in the form of The Boardroom – a library of boards of all shapes and sizes available for any team member to use before or after work or during lunchtime.

Quiksilver also sponsor some of the biggest sporting events in the world, so there’s always the perk of the opportunity to get to go to these.

Watch the video below for a day in the life of some of the team members of Quiksilver!

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