Talentica Software: Step into the Organization that Promotes Happy Workmanship Date:   Sunday , June 28, 2015 Being experts in the field of product development for startups over the last 12 years, Talentica has been instrumental in helping startups to architect their innovative products. With 60+ products in its contribution\'s arsenal, the outsourced core product development company is preferred amongst the eminent and revolutionary product startups across U.S., Europe and India, who encompass right from a pre-funded startup to a profitable acquisition. Talentica\'s Success Recipe Being a name that is worth mentioning amongst the cadre of outsourced product development enablers for startups, Talentica credits it\'s 400+ best minds and their deep technological expertise, agile product development capabilities, and not to mention, the enviable work environment which promises ample of growth opportunities to its breeding excellence. Founded and spearheaded by a duo of IIT Bombay alumni– Nitin Shimpi and Manjusha Madabushi, the company provides its employees a freedom to explore new technologies, while also empowering them to continue its tradition of handholding clients throughout their tenure by co-innovating with them. Talentica loves to walk the road less explored and breathes on its core values (rather than advertising them on every wall) which upheld learning and adopting new tools and technologies, much before they are touted as hot technologies by others; relentlessly focusing on innovation to create fantastic products and promoting employees based on their performance, but not seniority. The values also include encouraging employees to express their opinions, however critical they are and maintaining a \'no-entitlement\' culture where the same rules apply to all its employees irrespective of their position. Considered to be the core pillars of the organization, the values are not only instrumental in attracting the best of the talents, but also in retaining them, thus keeping the attrition rates below the industry average. \"I strongly believe that the secret to creating a great place to work isn\'t spending money on doling out freebies. It\'s giving employees the freedom to try out new ideas, opportunities to take risks and a culture that fosters learning and technical excellence,\" explains Nitin Shimpi, CEO, Talentica Software. The Robust Employee Engagement Culture Talentica firmly believes that engagement stems out from every employee who clearly understands their responsibilities, their contributions to the success of the company, most importantly when they are recognized for their best endeavors and they are assured that the company is equally committed to developing them. Thus, the company has institutionalized constant evaluation and gallop standards-backed regular feedbacks which are based on meticulous scrutiny of performance and capability building, and employees are aligned with the capability development plan.Leveraging cross-functional movements, Talentica also designs development plan for employees to help them acquire required skills, if necessary. \"We are constantly at war with conventions, redundancies, and complacencies, only seeking to innovate and do what is right. Our vision is the clarity that directs us and our people are the engine that drives us,\" affirms Anindita Dey, Head – Human Resource, Talentica Software. Talentica – as a People\'s Organization While the open flexible work ambiance, quality of the work and the camaraderie is kept at helm of employee engagement, Talentica never fails to excite its employees with multiple perks and recreational activities. Immensely passionate about making the organization people-friendly, Talentica has laid out a robust platform named Talentday, where employees demonstrate their out-of-the-box products on which they work single-handedly and the best ideas seize the accolades. Besides, the company also propels employees to be a part of various industry level events like whitepaper completion, coding competitions, industry conferences. \"Everybody here has a constant ambition to add value which is encouraged by mentors. There is complete openness in the way we approach situations and that is what I love most about being here,\" affirms Bhavesh Patel, an employee of Talentica Software.