Nvidia leans on flat teams and quarterly recharge days to keep employees

Nvidia HR director Febe Punsalan says the company has maintained a mission-driven culture as it grew from a graphics-chip maker into an AI leader. Nvidia uses a flat structure without org charts, encourages employee input, and gives staff two extra days off each quarter. It is expanding in Europe, where its technology supports most AI factories and it has hired a wellbeing lead for EMEA.

Nvidia has grown from a graphics-chip company into a central supplier of AI processing hardware. HR director Febe Punsalan, nearly two decades with the firm, says its culture has remained consistent even as headcount rises and AI coding tools become routine. In Europe, Nvidia ranks 14th on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe list, operates in 15 countries, and its architecture supports 90% of the continent's AI factories. It recently added an EMEA wellbeing lead.

Second paragraph: Nvidia's structure is unusually flat: no org charts, low layers, CEO Jensen Huang has 36 direct reports. Employees can buy shares at 15% discount. Turnover is 3.7% globally vs tech average 21.9%; UK 95% call it great place vs 54% average. It gives two extra days off each quarter? Summary says. Full article doesn't mention quarterly recharge days? Summary does. We can use material above includes summary. Yes. Need under 120 words total. Let's count.

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Nvidia has evolved from a graphics-chip maker into a major supplier of AI processing hardware. HR director Febe Punsalan, who has spent nearly two decades there, says the company's culture has stayed consistent as headcount grows and AI coding tools become routine. In Europe, it ranks 14th on Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For – Europe list, operates in 15 countries, and its architecture supports 90% of the continent's AI factories. It recently hired an EMEA wellbeing lead.

Its structure is unusually flat: no org charts, few