A Closer Look at Infopulse
Long-term experience enabled Infopulse Ukraine to approach high efficiency of a software development process and offer our customers high quality products and services. Infopulse Ukraine’s personnel management policy supports permanent development. It means that each of us regularly keeps track of new information in our professional area and strives to use it in everyday work. We also conduct internal and external trainings for our employees.
Infopulse Ukraine LLC is one of the largest Ukrainian offshore software development companies; it has successfully worked within the world IT market for over 16 years.
Infopulse Ukraine is certified according to ISO 9001: 2000 standard which proves that we strive to reach the highest quality of products and services.
Our mission is to keep the leading position in software development. The highest quality of services enables the long-term relationships with all of our customers, supplying and helping them to realise their potential, and using individual approaches for every customer. We are striving to keep our reputation as one of the largest and the most successful Ukrainian IT companies and continue to polish up our distinguishing features — dynamic development and a strong professional team.
Our customers are some of the largest companies in Europe and America, including: EDB (Norway), Rabobank (Netherlands), CD-Systems (Germany), XRT (France), F. van Lanschot Bankiers (Netherlands), Euronext (France), Kyriba Corporation (the USA), UkrTelecom (Ukraine), ADIC (Germany) and many others.
Our big and friendly team is made up of more than 600 professionals. We are proud of the warm and friendly relationships between customres and the employees in our steadily growing company.
Please take a closer look at Infopulse Ukraine’s Principles of corporate culture.
Principles of Infopulse Ukraine’s Corporate Culture
Staff
Employees are the main asset of our company; they are the source of our development and prosperity. Infopulse Ukraine actively promotes and stimulates the professional and career development of its employees regardless of their age, race, sex, religion, persuasions, and nationality. We reward them for success, diligence, energy, initiative and devotion to the interests of our company.
Infopulse Ukraine values all employees and creates only favourable conditions for the realization of their capabilities. The company promotes human dignity and individual rights, believes in the significance of an atmosphere of goodwill, friendship, trust, and collaboration. We are sure that the quality of our software products and services completely depends on the psychological climate that our employees are working in.
The company’s management strives to improve working conditions for successful performance, open communication, a healthy working climate, opportunities for professional and personal growth, and self-realization. The company keeps proper observance of the active Ukrainian labour laws and the Ukrainian Law of copyrights.
Business Ethics
Our company observes laws, ethics norms, and rules of honest business. It strictly carries out the obligations to customers, business partners, employees, and colleagues, and values its own reputation.
Infopulse is a client-oriented company. All of our customers are equally important to us.
Fair standards of work are set in our company. We insist that communication with colleagues requires the same correctness, personal interest, and working depth as we use for the interacting with our customers. This brings us our advancement within the IT market and the positive image of our company.
Decision Making
Infopulse Ukraine adheres to the principle of authority delegation to employees in all spheres of activity, creating facilities for effective decision making at every organizational level.
Managers at all levels support and encourage employees’ initiative and ingenuity in their everyday duties as well as in non-standard situations.
Compensations
Employees’ remunerations and additional bonuses depend on work results and contribution to the company’s success.
Employees' Duties
Infopulse Ukraine employees have to work honestly, conscientiously, and responsibly. They must maintain discipline and corporate behaviour, discharge their obligations on time, use their time productively, and allow others to do their job.
Social Packages and Benefits
We act according to Ukrainian labour legislations and guarantee the following to all of our employees:
- official working registration
- 8 hour work days and a 5 day work week; flexible working time can be given
- days-off on official Ukrainian holidays
- annual paid vacations (24 calendar days that can be divided into parts)
- paid maternity leave
You will find that other employees share your hobbies and interests. Also you may join our football, volleyball, strikeball, and/or paintball teams as well as mountaineering, cycling, tourism amateurs. Take part in corporate photo contests.
Career Development
Any employee has the right to apply for any open position. Performance achievements and professional capabilities are basic criteria for promotion. You can always find all of this information on our web site or through the HR Department.
The company encourages self-education in every way. We organize internal trainings and welcome participation in external professional events. Different conferences, forums, and presentations of new techniques are constantly initiated.
All kinds of professional certificates (Microsoft, Sun, Oracle etc., also Role / Master Brainbench certificate and the other main technologies, that we use and are approved by company authorities) are welcomed and paid for by the company.
Business Ethics
By creating a team of associates, Infopulse Ukraine develops and supports the achievements of every employee for the company’s highest results.
Managers at all levels have to understand employees’ needs, respect their dignity, and avoid emotional remarks about his/her actions.
Employees have to plan their work, coordinate plans and activities and co-operate with colleagues within the project and the company.
The success of every employee is also determined by his/her ability to analyse the situation and their readiness for positive changes.
In all working situations every employee should act devotedly and honestly regarding the company. In cases where it is impossible to get instructions related to a specific question, it is desirable for employees to act in the interest of the company.
The company makes a contract with every new employee for a 1 year term which may be prolonged. A probation period (no longer than 3 months) is established for all new employees. Quite often it can be reduced to 2 or even1 month, depending on working results. During the probation period there is no difference between a new employee and one who has already worked with us for a long time.
At the heart of Infopulse Ukraine's success are the joint efforts of all employees without exception. Our company can’t accept individualism, absence of mutual support, inconsiderate attitudes towards each other, or and provocation of conflicts among the staff.
Equal Opportunity Policy
Infopulse Ukraine is an equal opportunity company following a policy of professional development and career growth for all of our staff members. Infopulse Ukraine ensures all legal guarantees according to Ukrainian labour legislation and provides every employee with a range of extra preferences.
The company considers that equal economic and social possibilities, educational additional trainings are the necessary conditions of self-realization and growth of employees’ welfare, and development and prosperity of the company as a whole.
We suggest that the success of every employee depends only on their knowledge, skills, experience, and work results. It doesn’t depend on sex, age, nationality, physical condition, race, colour of skin, or religion. Compensation and benefits are connected with achievements. The breach of public orders is unacceptable for every employee, irrespective of the occupied position.
Every employee occupying any position has a chance to pass all stages during his career growth. Results depend only on the capabilities, readiness to work effectively and a constant increase of professionalism.
At the end of the probationary period and then regularly (about once a year) we provide an employee Performance Appraisal. According to a formal procedure performance is evaluated by an employee’s direct Manager / Project Manager / Project Customer. Based on the results a decision to change an employees’ project role/position, job tasks, functions, compensation amount, etc. can be made.
Working Time / Week
The company assesses the standard 5 day work week. Specific times for a work day's start, end, and lunch break depend on project peculiarities, however, a single work day cannot exceed 8 hours.
Vacations
Infopulse Ukraine offers all of our employees 24 calendar days of vacation time. Vacation schedules for every project is set according to the project’s needs and for the employees’ convenience. The first vacation can be taken after working 6 months (according to Ukrainian vacation laws). Vacations can be offered earlier upon manager’s approval. It is possible to divide vacation into parts; based on the condition that the main part is not less than 14 calendar days.
In some situations (like family circumstances etc.) an employee can take unpaid vacation for a period agreed between the employee and their managers.
We offer paid child rearing leave for parents according to Ukrainian labour legislation. For working Mothers we offer paid vacations for child care, according to Ukrainian labour legislation.
Business Processes Description (Standard ISO 9001: 2000)
Infopulse Ukraine is certified in compliance with ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standard. Your activity in the company has to be in accordance with all ratified processes. The company’s business process models, policies, and forms/standards of internal documents can be found on the internal corporate site.
Something interesting
Our Holidays
In the latter half of September, usually on a Saturday or Sunday, we celebrate the Company’s Birthday.
Traditionally, the holiday lasts all day long in active competitions out of town.
Another of our traditions is a New Year's party. Also in May or June we go out of town for a picnic.
Naturally, every project has its own traditions and holidays (or just various project team events without specific occasion).
We enjoy congratulating you on your birthday, anniversary, wedding or your baby's birth and like to give a special present in celebration of these events.
You can find fellow employees who share the hobbies and interests that you are fond of:
Basketball, cycling, Alpinism, rock-climbing, boating, tourism, martial arts, boxing, motor races, tennis, ping-pong, yachting, surf-riding, carting, sailplane, equestrian sport, winter sports, athletics, weightlifting, fitness, rugby.
Dogs, cats, chinchillas, turtles, and other pets fanciers will definitely meet other employees in our company with common interests.
Also we take great interest in:
Studying foreign languages, dancing (classic, Latin, sport), art photography, modeling, wood engraving, origami, 3D-modelling, quest-games, RPG, travelling, books, theatres, discovery science, Vjing, Eastern philosophy (yoga).
And there are even some co-workers who write poems and compose music.
You are welcome to add your hobby to this list!