Ticketportal + GoOut (PLG Czech Republic)

Across all of PLG, you'll now find excellent teams with years of experience who are capable of building truly great products with reach across all of Europe. We are building a ticketing system that will stand up in every country where PLG operates — and uniquely, a large part of the system is being built by us here. We influence the way people in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland and other countries we're planning to expand into will buy tickets for culture and sport. For us, who until recently were local players, the opportunity to be part of something unique has opened up. By merging three strong brands on the local market, we are concentrating enormous know-how, from selling small local cultural events, through large concerts and festivals, to sporting events of European significance.

What naturally ceases to exist in this story is the small family company culture that each of these businesses started with — where everyone knew each other personally, knew each other's stories and often worked together for many years.

Today's connected company has over 170 people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and is at the same time a European entity with influence across the entire continent. We no longer build products solely for the Czech market. We have to think about how to build products that will also work in Poland, Romania and Estonia.

This might seem like the end of an era. But it's also undeniably the beginning of something new and exciting. We can already see that the individual tasks, briefs and challenges we tackle are far more complex and varied. It costs more nerves, for sure but if you can handle it, it can also be a lot of fun.

What do all three teams that came together under the PLG brand have in common? Definitely this: they genuinely love their product.

The people you'll meet here really care about what they do, what they work on, and who they do it for. The product in our case is not created in offices or in presentations — it's created at festivals, concerts, clubs or football stadiums. We work very hands-on. We love watching how people use our products and improving them.

That's what connects us all, what gives meaning to all of us. And on top of that, we have the opportunity to inspire each other across countries — which makes the whole thing even more compelling.

We have enormous challenges ahead of us. And there are many of them. Merging local products into one coherent vision is an ambitious goal. Sometimes it feels like a rollercoaster because of that, but we are definitely on a great trajectory and we genuinely have a chance to build something exceptional.

We try to keep politics out of it. Everyone here wants an environment where anyone can come with their opinion, say it openly and out loud, and not fear any behind-the-scenes consequences. We don't cultivate Czech kitchen-corner culture. It exists to some degree everywhere, of course, but we strive to communicate transparently and openly — and to stand behind our opinions.

We don't shoot people for making mistakes, but alongside that, it's worth knowing that a mistake can ruin the experience of hundreds of people at a concert. So when we say "No bullshit", it also means a great deal of personal accountability — standing behind what we say, both internally and externally.

People who want everything done, who need precise instructions and clearly defined procedures, and who above all don't want their working world to shift under their feet — they won't survive here.

When PLG merged the three largest ticketing companies, change was written into its DNA from the very start as a constant. For everyone who now makes up the Czech PLG team, everything changed completely in 2025. Teams, brand, established processes, offices, owners... everything is different, and those who are here simply have to accept that. We do everything we can to make it as easy as possible. We communicate openly, we have a company all-hands and breakfasts every month, we connect teams, align strategy, work closely with the Estonian headquarters  and we try to create the best possible environment for everyone who travels this road with us. But it wouldn't be fair to say that we primarily offer comfort and peace of mind.

Musicians, athletes, DJs, theatre fans, developers who go to festivals. People who use the very product they work on, and who care about how it works. The average age spans a wide range from recent graduates to people with 20 years of industry experience. We've managed to bring multiple generations under one roof. We've managed to bring together people who differ in their hobbies, passions and interests. We've managed to unite football lovers and culture geeks.

But above all, we've managed to unite people who enjoy coming to work and and—bad days aside—are usually in a great mood. It is truly remarkable that whoever you meet here will tell you: "the people here are great."

Right now we're looking for people who look at things from different perspectives, accept different possibilities and can weigh pros and cons. What matters most, though, is that they bring momentum and energy to their solutions. At PLG we learn from each other, respect different opinions and are not dogmatists. We look at things primarily through the eyes of our customers. We understand what the company needs at this specific moment in order to deliver an even better experience to our customers.

You'll find people here who are eager to bring such solutions, but alongside them also people who are still learning, because nobody ever asked that of them before. This leads to passionate discussions and occasionally amusing situations — but we get better at it every single day.

Nobody who reads about this story — the merger of three great Czech ticketing companies under one European roof — is naive enough to think that everything is sunshine and that it doesn't bring a whole host of challenges on a human and communication level. Of course it does, that's part of the package.

So we can't claim there's zero bureaucracy, overly long decision-making chains, or conversely hasty decisions. Of course there are, because without some of that, it doesn't work at scale. It's already too big to stay punk forever. It's already too big to stay as close-knit and family-like as it was a few years ago. There need to be some rules, processes and shared guardrails. But what we can genuinely guarantee? For now, there's just the right amount of it.

You'll find us right next to the Prague University of Economics (VŠE) in the Churchill I complex in Žižkov (near the Main Train Station), so commuting is easy too. We're in modern offices where things are getting a little tight — because even though we have the option to work from home, we still genuinely enjoy coming into the office.