SmashTaps, a leading digital product studio in Colombo was recently awarded the Great Place to Work certification by the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place to Work Institute. This recognition well reflects the company’s people-centric approach and workplace culture, with values that put its people first.
The employees at SmashTaps were assessed through the Trust Index Survey to share their experiences and interactions across five key values such as credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie, followed by a Culture Audit Management Questionnaire covering a comprehensive and holistic evaluation into existing policies and practices towards its people.
The findings revealed that 100pct of its employees said that it has a friendly and welcoming work environment where they’re able to have fun and indulge with the others, and that there is effective communication between the management and employees with measures that encourages active and constant dialogue and participation.
‘We couldn’t be happier to be recognized as a great workplace. This achievement speaks volumes of the culture we foster here at SmashTaps where each and everyone share the same burning passion of helping startups and companies around the world and in building awesome digital products that can make a meaningful impact,’ said Praveena Sarathchandra, Founder/CEO of SmashTaps (Pvt) Ltd.
Further, 99pct of them felt the company is equal, impartial and just in its practices and that its managers prioritize their wellbeing in providing a safer and healthier environment to ensure employees have a good work-life balance, recognizing the impact that work could have on their personal lives. They also felt well respected and supported, with access to numerous collaboration and training opportunities and resources including being acknowledged highly of their professional accomplishments.
Employees rated SmashTaps with 99pct on innovation, strongly indicating its ability to continuously improve, quickly adapt, and generate game-changing opportunities in a highly evolving landscape where challenging, problem-solving skills thrive.
At SmashTaps, employees can enjoy salaries pegged to USD, flexible work hours including the ability to work from home, access to some of the most popular learning platforms, comprehensive medical coverage among various other perks and benefits one could expect from a young, talented and vibrant startup culture.
SmashTaps celebrated its seventh-year anniversary during end last year, moving into a new and vibrant office. The young and talented team of dreamers, thinkers, designers, and coders at SmashTaps works closely with startups, scale-ups, and enterprises both locally and internationally to help them implement innovative and custom digital solutions covering product strategy, brand identity, UI/UX design and web and mobile development in addition to launching its own products.