Polygon taps Airbnb’s director of HR to spearhead its decentralized workforce

cointelegraph.com:

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Polygon (MATIC) has announced the hiring of Bhumika Srivastava in a bid to consolidate its strategy and cultural ambitions for the company's 500-employee global workforce.

Serving as the head of human resources and director for employee experience at Airbnb for the past five years, Srivastava arrives with an illustrious portfolio and plethora of experience from her work in Web2, having occupied senior roles at Adobe, Yahoo, Tesco PLC, and Snapdeal.

Srivastava’s appointment marks a consistent trend in Polygon's hiring strategy of prominent figures within the Web2 space, such as the former head of gaming at Youtube, Ryan Wyatt, being hired as CEO of Polygon Studios in January and, more recently, Tyler Sellhorn being brought on to promote Polygon's decentralized working model as head of remote. 

In an interview with Cointelegraph conducted on Zoom, Srivastava spoke candidly about the necessities of leadership, Polygon’s parabolic employee growth over the past year, and her ambitions to cultivate a thriving decentralized culture which operates with sustainable high-performance. 

The weekly stats:• #Polygon network TVL maintains a solid $2.5Bn. • The @PolygonStudios & @BoomLandGames collab will bring 33MM users to blockchain gaming.• Avg gas fees saved using #Polygon: $26.58MM daily ($10 per txn)#PolygonInsights https://t.co/aFOZztq68N

Cointelegraph: Albeit only being in the role for two days, how do you expect your position with Polygon to differ from that of Airbnb? And what are your anticipations in transitioning into the Web3 space? 

Srivastava: “I would say that Web2 to Web3 is very redefining for HR. […] The teams are distributed, remote-first, working in a hybrid space, and everyone is