Rank 9: Living By Values

Company Name: CrowdStrike

Industry: Information Technology

India HQ: Pune

Employee Strength: 287

Extensive efforts have been made to percolate and imbibe the organisation's values and philosophy at CrowdStrike. The company brought together representatives from a broad range of functional units and backgrounds to form a culture team, partnering with executives, acting as a sounding board, and advocating for cultural initiatives. The team developed their culture statement and defined the company’s values that shape how they operate, behave and influence their business revolving around people, innovation and customers. 

CrowdStrike offers its people a chance to work on projects they are passionate about during its annual ‘Think Week’ to spark learning, collaboration and innovation. A quarterly recognition program, aligning with its core values, is designed for peer nominations. The company also has employee resource groups that are employee-led, self-directed, and voluntary groups working in line with organisational mission, values and goals.

Growth From Within

Crowdstrike offers all of its employees access to flex schedules so they can manage their work and personal lives in a way that works for them. It has had a distributed workforce since its inception in 2011, and pre-covid, 70 per cent of its workforce — including nearly the complete engineering and technology teams — worked on a remote basis, which allowed them to pivot with no disruption to the teams and work output. 

CrowdStrike believes that people ‘own their output’, and the workforce often chooses how and when to complete their work. This allows their people to balance work and life as they need so when they are at work they are free to focus on solving problems and adding value, as opposed to logging hours or stressing about how to get it all done. 

In managing CrowdStrikers, the company also offers an entry-level foundational program for newly promoted or hired people managers. This course covers the foundational aspects of being a manager and develops competencies designed to promote an inclusive and equitable workforce.

Growth For All

CrowdStrike also offers an internal mentorship program through the Women of CrowdStrike ERG that is open to all employees regardless of gender identity or expression. The program offers participants organisational exposure and career development opportunities. 

“The organisation takes care of its employees by allowing ample space and time for work and personal life balance. They take care of our well-being. For instance, during Covid, they were very understanding about our performance as too many of our families were affected by it,” comments a CrowdStriker.

Other employees too speak about the company giving newer opportunities, prioritising employee needs and factoring in personal and professional growth for all.