Working at PlotBox Blog

National Grief Awareness Day 2025

Recognizing National Grief Awareness Day, our team reflects on their own experiences of grief and moments of support and kindness that helped them.

Stuart’s Story: Celebrating 30 Years of the Organ Donation Register

Stuart's transformative journey through organ donation, highlighting the emotional and physical impact of his life-saving liver transplant.

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A Road Less Travelled: From Cars to Quality Assurance

PlotBox Senior QA Engineer Nathan Manson takes us through his route from vehicles to software.

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From Theology to Deathcare: How Ashlynn Wrote Her Own Story

PlotBox Customer Success Lead Ashlynn Rickord Werner talks us through her path from history and religion to deathcare.

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A Deep Dive into Deathcare: Layla's Story

PlotBox Senior Implementation Consultant Layla Murphy began wanting to become an occupational therapist. We look at what led her to deathcare.

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From Healthcare to Deathcare: A Software Developer's Story

Software developer Shelagh Monaghan talks to us about her early career in healthcare and why she made the move to PlotBox.

Men's Health Month at PlotBox

Celebrate Men's Health Month with inspiring stories on powerlifting, photography, and cooking for mental health and well-being.

A Day In The Life of a Data Migration Engineer at PlotBox

Read about Data Migration Engineer, Johnny Fyfe's daily schedule at PlotBox!

Summer Internship: Expectations Vs. Reality

PlotBox Marketing Intern, Lauren Shields describes her experience of joining the team as part of a summer internship.

A Day in the Life of a Developer at PlotBox

PlotBox Software Development Lead Ciaran McKenna describes how he balances family and working life during a typical day.

University to the Working World

PlotBox Global Marketing Intern, Darragh McGivern describes his experience of joining the PlotBox team having graduated from Ulster University.

Healthy Habit Building

PlotBox Senior GIS Technician Heather Linden explains how forming new exercise habits has helped to maintain her wellbeing.

A Day In The Life of a Customer Application Support Consultant

Read about Customer Application Support Consultant Claire Melville's daily schedule at PlotBox!

A Day In The Life of a Junior Product Consultant

Read about Junior Product Consultant, Courtney Montgomery's daily schedule at PlotBox!

Do what makes you happy: Looking after my mental & physical well-being

Mapping Team Intern, Sarah Shields discusses how she has been able to look after her mental and physical wellbeing, through reading, yoga and dog...

How I’ve looked after my mental and physical wellbeing

Application Support Consultant, Lydia Rankin discusses how she has been able to look after her mental and physical wellbeing, through baking and...

Sea Swimming: A Refreshing Boost for Mind and Body

Technical Consultant, Barbara McCann discusses how she has been able to look after her mental and physical wellbeing, through sea swimming!

Q&A with Leona McAllister

Read PlotBox Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer, Leona McAllister's Q&A!

Q&A with Claire Melville

As we continue to showcase our female talent, Claire Melville from our Customer Support Team talks about her experience in the tech industry so far.

Q&A with Heather Lenehan

Read Business Development Representative, Heather Lenehan's Q&A!

Q&A With Jane Askin

As we continue to showcase our female talent, we’ve asked Jane Askin, Head of Culture and Talent, a few questions about her experience in the tech...

Q&A with Aileen Curry

Read Business Analyst, Aileen Curry's Q&A!

Q&A With Heather Linden

As we continue to showcase our female talent, we’ve asked Heather Linden, GIS Technician, a few questions about her experience so far in the tech...

Reflecting On A Year of Remote Working

Marketing Team Lead, Laura O'Neill reflects on a year of remote working with PlotBox!

Q&A with Katie Stanley

Read Project Manager, Katie Stanley's Q&A!

My PlotBox Journey

Read about Customer Success manager, Dawn Gregg's journey with PlotBox!

Q&A With Pamela McQuillan

We’ve asked Pamela McQuillan, Senior Technical Consultant, a few questions about her experience so far in the tech industry.

A Day In The Life of a QA Engineer

Read about QA Engineer, Theresa Duffin's daily schedule at PlotBox!

Starting A New Role During A Pandemic: My Remote Onboarding Experience

Read about Data Migration Technical Consultant, Alasdair Hosie's remote onboarding experience at PlotBox!

100 Day Challenge: Day 50 and Killin' it!

Join us on our 100-day health and wellness challenge journey, where we share our progress, teamwork, and personal growth.

Socialising & System Development: My Placement at PlotBox

Read about Student Software Engineer, Niall Shannon's placement year at PlotBox!

5 Reasons To Begin Your Career at PlotBox

Is your final year at uni coming to a close soon? Not sure what you're going to do next or where to start your career?