Interview with thoughtworks: a company without a manager room (figure)

[Csdn exclusive report] many people will be surprised to come to the thoughtworks office. Is this open space their office? There is no manager office or office partition. In this way, the company sets up an office environment so that employees can communicate better. Focusing on communication is also one of the core values of the company's agile development method. Every project has a standing meeting every day, so that you can better understand the progress of the project. Sometimes employees organize meetings to discuss technology, economy, and life.

Xia Jie, Human Resources Manager of thoughtworks China, said: "Our management layer is very friendly. We usually play X-Box and Wii together with us to discuss gossip. Everyone enjoys this atmosphere. Just like sometimes our global President visits us, except for the people who arrange the trip, others do not know. In addition, some new employees don't know them and want to say who they are? It takes only half a day to know that this is the company's global president or the company's founder ."

Standing Meeting

Game room

Building a technical team that does not have too many system constraints but is more advocating self-management, thoughtworks emphasizes more trust in employees. The company encourages employees to make their own suggestions and make decisions. The employees should judge the quality and extent of a thing based on the company's values, and fully trust their own judgment.

"This also promotes open and transparent communication between employees," said Xia Jie. The company's operating status and internal management status are not just good news, but our difficulties and problems are all as much as possible to let employees know. Everyone knows what is happening in the company, what kind of position do you need to accomplish together. Let everyone both see their own values and feel their responsibilities ."

Bookshelves

Kitchen

If you are confused at work or in your life, you can consult your own interpreter. This is a role similar to "mentor". He focuses on the development and growth of employees in the company, it will accompany everyone's entire career in thoughtworks. The volume sor can help you with his own experience or other people's experience, or even mobilize other resources to help you. "Never take yourself as a doctor ." Xia Jie said, "Because sometimes your answer is not necessarily good, we generally think that if you know this question, you will tell him how you did it, or you know how a person is doing it, let him refer to it, encourage him to think, and help him analyze how it may be best. Instead of telling him that this is correct ."

Some bad mindset is affecting ChinaProgramMember development. Some older technicians are still switching to management with the idea that "I cannot do technology when I am older, however, the vast majority of people are not suitable for management due to their lack of personality and other aspects. At last, management is not done well and technology is abandoned. Xia Jie said: "We often see this happen. The reason for this is that he is not clear about himself, another more important reason is that the surrounding environment does not make him feel recognized. These two points may also become an important factor limiting the development of programmers.

For technology-oriented thoughtworks, people may even feel very happy if they are doing Technology for the rest of their lives, because you will be highly respected, we can also share the joy of R & D with our enthusiastic colleagues. Employees around the world can join Internal communities based on their own interests to achieve global interaction. "There are often foreign employees in the office communicating with everyone, and domestic employees are often sent out for work and study. It is also very interesting to learn the essence of different places and different ways of thinking ." Xia Jie said, "In this transparent and open environment, you have to work hard and have fun. Time utilization is very high. [Text/Ma Pei]