A throwback to the 1950's - Engineer eVestment Employee Review

Our senior management makes it a priority to know who everyone is on a first and last name basis and they are known for being accessible, transparent, and welcoming with all employees. They do have an expectation that employees will be high performers and those who are not will not last long. Because of this expectation of high performance, our culture also embraces playing hard and we typically offer at least one outing each month. In addition to the company wide outings, each department is given a team budget for their own team-building events of their choosing. Previous events have included Whirlyball, paintball, go-karting, Brew pub tours, golf, and major league sporting events. On Friday afternoons, it’s quite common to find the principal founders of eVestment relaxing with employees over a beer or shooting hoops at the basketball goal. Employees are each allocated $3,000 towards continuing education per year, after 6 months of employment. As is standard for most tuition reimbursements, employees are expected to be in good standing with the company and performing well and the education topic is expected to be job-related. In addition, 80% of tuition expenses are reimbursed up front and the company will reimburse the remaining 20% for successfully passing exams and obtaining high academic achievements. Employees have taken advantage of this program in pursuit of certifications such as the CFA, CAIA, MBA programs, PMP certifications, and many other industry topics. In the last two years, eVestment has made a total of five successful acquisitions; unfortunately these did result in layoffs due to the redundancy of some positions. The company does its best to be transparent during such times of change and we attempt to transition employees fairly with severance packages based upon tenure, Cobra continuation that is paid for by the company, and outplacement services to assist the displaced workers in returning to the workforce. Despite such times of change our voluntary attrition rate remains low, presently under 8% in our technology team. While the culture does favor conservative values (both fiscally and personally), we also embrace trust in the employees which brings a very high level of personal accountability. This is apparent through our unlimited paid time off policy, casual dress code and flexible work hours. Our core company values are: “Innovation; Excellence; Teamwork; Integrity; Focus; and Humility.” Employees are all expected to adhere to these values in their everyday work; alignment with these values is what has contributed to our company’s achievements of making multiple Top Atlanta Workplaces lists several years running. Most recently, we achieved #3 in the Small Business category for the Atlanta Journal & Constitution’s Top Workplaces award for 2013 (an award voted upon solely by employees in an independent and anonymous external survey). In addition to superior workplace awards multiple years running, adherence to our values has also brought unprecedented successes including a client renewal retention ratio well in excess of 95% and receiving a place on the Inc. 5000 list for five consecutive years. We are exceptionally proud of these achievements and we are incredibly grateful to those employees who have contributed to these milestones.