Bringing to life what you want to see in the world

Dear?Reader,

Happy Holidays.?

Our commitment at?Odetta?is to build a community that can reimagine what work can be, and in?the?process, help our Odettians to fulfill everything that is inside themselves.

?We are proud of what our team has accomplished this year. Together, we have:

• Doubled our platform in terms of topline revenue booked by our clients
• Doubled?the?hours of work delivered to Odettians?
• Expanded our global workforce to 353 Odettians
• Expanded our recruiting into Southeast Asia
• Served 350+ incredible technology clients by building teams to run data workflow
• Selected as Forbes #25 America's Best Startup Employers, 2022 (second year in a row)
• Held first-ever team physical meetup for Odettians in Jordan and Pakistan (Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi)
• Shared our vision with?the?world for re-imagining work, female empowerment and sisterhood
• Instagram content reached 1.1 million people which is 18.2% more than last year
• Facebook content reached 1.6 million people which is 38.3% more than last year
• 200K+ people discovered?Odetta?website for?the?first time which is +433% more than last year
• Raised money for Pakistan Flood Relief and helped contribute towards humanitarian efforts

We are grateful for everything.

?Love,

Katharine

Odettian Quote

“Thank you?Odetta. Thank you for giving us so much confidence that we can do something apart from making babies and running households. Thank you for making us stand on our own feet. Thank you for creating a sense of love in?Odetta?where we are obligated to talk in a polite way to everyone. Thank you for being here ALWAYS.

Here I am about to give birth to my second baby and all I could think of was how will I stay away from?Odetta?on my maternity leave when?the?baby comes. I truly believe you get loyal people who have other options but we happily kick them out of our lives. Because yes I LOVE this virtual place.?Just a big Applause to?Odetta?” — Sadaf Masud

Quote of?the?Month: “On Doing Good”

“Fear keeps humans from wanting to share abundance. Our addiction to control makes us fear that if we try to take care of everyone in?the?world, we will have to surrender our own freedom and our own resources.?The?truth is actually?the?total opposite. It is hard to be fully happy for yourself and others when there is so much suffering around you. If we work together to alleviate that suffering, our collective environment will feel lighter. Things won’t be perfect, but eradicating?the?hard material forms of suffering—like hunger, lack of housing, lack of education, and lack of health care—will certainly have a positive impact on everyone’s well-being and conscious outlook. Taking care of each other will give us more freedom as individuals to focus on creating culture and art from?the?healed parts of ourselves. If outright survival is no longer our primary concern, we can bring our focus to?the?finer aspects of life and attempt to make our deepest aspirations a reality. Thriving is not only cultivating a healthy mindset, but bringing to life what you want to see in?the?world.” — Yung Pueblo , Author