Company Profile: Vincit Offers Software Development in the U.S. – and the Best Workplace?
The software development company Vincit has won many prizes for being a great place to work. The company has been chosen three times as the "Best Workplace in Finland." In 2016, the company won an even bigger award: the "Best Workplace in Europe." What is this software development expert actually doing to achieve these prizes?
Vincit provides customized software development, ICT and service design solutions for its customers. The company provides also training and consulting in the same fields for different industries.
"A lot of our success is based on our unique work culture. To be able to work efficiently and provide high quality results, you need a healthy balance between your work life and personal life. Limiting overtime, not having middle-managers, supporting employees’ hobbies, and getting rid of non-productive meetings are norms in our culture," describes Ville Houttu, Passionate CEO of Vincit California.
The company's name Vincit comes from Latin and means "to win". That says a lot about the ideology behind the company. Vincit is not satisfied with average results in customer projects. Because of the excellent quality of their work, 100% of their customers are willing to recommend the company, as Vincit says on its website. They have done customer projects, for example, for companies like GE Healthcare, Logitech, and many more.
While achieving high-level satisfaction among customers, also the employees think Vincit is an excellent place to work in. The company is very well-known for its modern approach to leadership and management. This has led to most of the awards.
"I especially like the freedom and flexibility in things that normally get buried in bureaucracy. For example, if I need a new laptop, a charging cable for my phone, or a license for a software tool, I can just go and buy one - no questions asked. Vincit encourages using common sense - which easily disappears in an approval hierarchy of a more traditional organization,” says Iiro Vidberg, Passionate Lead Developer in Palo Alto.
The company was founded in 2007 in Tampere, where they still have an office. They now have also three offices in Helsinki and two in California, where the company started to operate in January 2016. There are in total over 300 employees working at Vincit.
"So far we have had a promising start in California getting to work with one of the best known manufacturers of home devices, interesting start-ups and healthcare companies. We want our customers and employees to be happier tomorrow than they are today. That is our plan for the future, simple as that,” says Ville Houttu, Passionate CEO of Vincit California.
With this customer focused mindset and satisfied employees, who knows when we can read from the news that Vincit has been chosen as the world's best place to work?
Read more about the company: www.vincit.com