Trust, Transparency and Respect for everyone - Product Manager Multunus Software Employee Review

1. The company believes in "Continuous Improvement" where we try to make small improvements to our work every single day. This matches with my personal belief as well. 2. We do not have those scary "appraisals" instead we have only salary revisions. 3. All of us are very passionate in what we do. That is the reason, I have personally learnt a lot from others though there is still a looong way to go. 4. The team and the management encourages and helps us to blog and also speak in conferences. 5. We are being noticed and appreciated even for a small contribution that we make to our project or to the company 6. We have anytime snack bar which is always full. Anytime you can have snacks and best part no restrictions at all :-) And the best part is that we have some healthy snacks too. 7. We have loads of fun activities during celebrations of anniversaries, success parties, birthdays, team dinners, team outings and during our weekly brownbags. One of my favourite is Hush Hush Thank you :-) where you secretly thank any member at Multunus. 8. What I can't wait for are the fireside chats - where successful people have an interactive session with us face to face. It is awesome when they talk about their experiences :-)

While we are being noticed for our smallest of contribution, we are also under continuous pressure of not making any mistake as that will also be noticed quickly.

After my MBA I had worked for 2 of the big 4 Indian IT outsourcing companies and I could see my learning stagnating. Hence, I decided to join a company with strong fundamentals like a great engineering culture, a great people culture and a road-not-taken-approach to the software services business. Quality and process are the mantra in Multunus and the people almost never cut corners. The office culture is open and there is no topic that can't be discussed. The leadership at Multunus is working on a plan to move to a model where an employee can spend 20% of the time working on personal projects. There is encouragement to actively engage with and contribute to the community through participation in technology conferences and workshops. It was a welcome change to be in a team where almost no one uses a Windows computer. Mac OS X and Linux and the platforms of choice. I preferred BYOD and could finally end my windows-by-the-day-and-mac-by-the-night existence :D

The daily commute to the office is a challenge for me. I spend more than 2 hours on the road which I am sure could be spent better if the office was a tad more conveniently located.