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Company & Culture

Company & Culture

Stories, values, and behind-the-scenes insights into the people, culture, and milestones that shape Watermelon.

Stories, values, and behind-the-scenes insights into the people, culture, and milestones that shape Watermelon.

Visitors walking through the halls of a trade fair

Company & Culture

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen 2026

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen in Jaarbeurs Utrecht and discover how to automate your customer support with one AI Agent, with live demos at Booth #86.

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Alexander Wijninga

March 17, 2026 • 2 min

Visitors walking through the halls of a trade fair

Company & Culture

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen 2026

Join us at Webwinkel Vakdagen in Jaarbeurs Utrecht and discover how to automate your customer support with one AI Agent, with live demos at Booth #86.

Portrait of Alexander Wijninga

Alexander Wijninga

March 17, 2026 • 2 min

Bas Bakker, Customer Success Manager

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At Watermelon, the future is what you make it

About a year ago, Bas walked in the door for his first interview. Since that moment, we can’t imagine not having him on the team! His enthusiasm, ambition and sense of humour are not only a boon to the office culture, but also to ...

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Alexander Wijninga

July 18, 2023 • 3 min

Bas Bakker, Customer Success Manager

Company & Culture

At Watermelon, the future is what you make it

About a year ago, Bas walked in the door for his first interview. Since that moment, we can’t imagine not having him on the team! His enthusiasm, ambition and sense of humour are not only a boon to the office culture, but also to ...

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Alexander Wijninga

July 18, 2023 • 3 min

Agni, Front-end developer Watermelon

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Working at Watermelon is like building a house

Soon after Agni, a Front End Developer, moved from Groningen to Utrecht, he got a call from our Head of People, Lisanne. She asked if he’d come to Watermelon for an interview. A year later, Agni’s happily working as one of the team.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 14, 2022 • 3 min

Agni, Front-end developer Watermelon

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Working at Watermelon is like building a house

Soon after Agni, a Front End Developer, moved from Groningen to Utrecht, he got a call from our Head of People, Lisanne. She asked if he’d come to Watermelon for an interview. A year later, Agni’s happily working as one of the team.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 14, 2022 • 3 min

Recruitment at Watermelon

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The recruitment process at Watermelon explained

Big chance, if you are reading this you already work or just accepted your offer to work at Watermelon, yay! Here you can read all the background information on the process you just went through.

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Charl Haas

July 12, 2022 • 3 min

Recruitment at Watermelon

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The recruitment process at Watermelon explained

Big chance, if you are reading this you already work or just accepted your offer to work at Watermelon, yay! Here you can read all the background information on the process you just went through.

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Charl Haas

July 12, 2022 • 3 min

Lisanne, Head of People at Watermelon

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"When the Watermelon team grows, I get so much energy."

Building a team, hiring new Melons, giving the culture meaning, helping Melons become better professionals and better people, and even a little bit of sales. These are a few of the daily tasks of the always-enthusiastic Lisanne.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 6, 2022 • 3 min

Lisanne, Head of People at Watermelon

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"When the Watermelon team grows, I get so much energy."

Building a team, hiring new Melons, giving the culture meaning, helping Melons become better professionals and better people, and even a little bit of sales. These are a few of the daily tasks of the always-enthusiastic Lisanne.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 6, 2022 • 3 min

Watermelon culture

Company & Culture

The Watermelon culture

The steps we took to create our culture deck actually represents a lot about the culture of Watermelon. It was full of eye-openers, learnings, personal development, inspiring moments and humor! Find out what makes our culture so unique.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 4, 2022 • 3 min

Watermelon culture

Company & Culture

The Watermelon culture

The steps we took to create our culture deck actually represents a lot about the culture of Watermelon. It was full of eye-openers, learnings, personal development, inspiring moments and humor! Find out what makes our culture so unique.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 4, 2022 • 3 min

diversity

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The diversity of our team

At Watermelon Inclusivity and Diversity are of paramount importance. Inclusion is about behavior and values. Diversity is about the variety of people, shown by measurable numbers.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 1, 2022 • 2 min

diversity

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The diversity of our team

At Watermelon Inclusivity and Diversity are of paramount importance. Inclusion is about behavior and values. Diversity is about the variety of people, shown by measurable numbers.

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Alexander Wijninga

July 1, 2022 • 2 min

From seed to Watermelon

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From seed to Watermelon

On a very sunny day in April, Alexander and Charl, the two founders of Watermelon sat down to discuss the first steps of what would become a long journey. Watermelon wasn’t built in just a couple of days and there were many lessons to ...

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Charl Haas

June 20, 2022 • 4 min

From seed to Watermelon

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From seed to Watermelon

On a very sunny day in April, Alexander and Charl, the two founders of Watermelon sat down to discuss the first steps of what would become a long journey. Watermelon wasn’t built in just a couple of days and there were many lessons to ...

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Charl Haas

June 20, 2022 • 4 min

Thierry, front-end developer Watermelon

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It's the result that counts

Getting things done in an ambitious, innovative and collaborative way – that’s how you’d describe Thierry. In his role as a Front End Developer at Watermelon, Thierry makes an impact.

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Charl Haas

September 30, 2021 • 2 min

Thierry, front-end developer Watermelon

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It's the result that counts

Getting things done in an ambitious, innovative and collaborative way – that’s how you’d describe Thierry. In his role as a Front End Developer at Watermelon, Thierry makes an impact.

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Charl Haas

September 30, 2021 • 2 min

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Onboarding at Watermelon: how does it work?

It will come as no surprise that customer satisfaction ranks high with us. In our industry everything revolves around high customer satisfaction. Companies come to us because they are looking for a faster, more efficient ...

Alexander Wijninga

August 18, 2021 • 5 min

Company & Culture

Onboarding at Watermelon: how does it work?

It will come as no surprise that customer satisfaction ranks high with us. In our industry everything revolves around high customer satisfaction. Companies come to us because they are looking for a faster, more efficient ...

Alexander Wijninga

August 18, 2021 • 5 min

Company & Culture

The Watermelon story: from bankruptcy to success

"Something fishy going on", "Wijninga had hacked WhatsApp", "WhatsApp lost money because of Watermelon"‚ "Founders fought each other out of the tent"‚ "Investors got nervous, and that was the end of the story."

Alexander Wijninga

January 5, 2018 • 7 min

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The Watermelon story: from bankruptcy to success

"Something fishy going on", "Wijninga had hacked WhatsApp", "WhatsApp lost money because of Watermelon"‚ "Founders fought each other out of the tent"‚ "Investors got nervous, and that was the end of the story."

Alexander Wijninga

January 5, 2018 • 7 min