Prolific

The senior leadership team are remarkably open to feedback and are great listeners. I really value being able to openly express my opinions about how things are going at work, and it makes me feel appreciated and trusted. The confidence boost has been amazing.

There's been a real concerted effort to be more transparent and authentic at Prolific, and I think this is absolutely a sign that our culture is getting from good to great. It's been amazing seeing how people can give each other honest and helpful feedback with kindness.

Prolific introduced the concept of summer hours as a wellbeing initiative trial, and it's been an amazing addition to the months with more sunshine. It was a response to an employee wellbeing survey too, which makes us feel listened to.

The collaborative atmosphere at Prolific means that there are constant opportunities to learn and develop! I've worked with people and teams across the company, from Finance to Growth, to Product. There are always people willing and eager to teach you about the various systems and tools that we use and knowledge sharing is a fundamental part of Prolific.

Research is integral in many so areas of academia and industry. It's great to be a part of a company that understands the importance of helping people to access high-quality data in order to make informed decisions. This has been exemplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, as we've been supporting countless studies around topics such as mental health during lockdown and how to most effectively encourage social distancing.

At Prolific, everyone is given the opportunity to put forward ideas, feedback to others, and take part in wider company discussions. Our fortnightly all-hands meetings give us the chance to hear about and chime in on what's happening across the company. We also regularly complete polls and short surveys about working at Prolific, and the resulting actions are shared with the team so we can keep improving employee experiences.

Flexible location, flexible start/finish times, flexible around your commitments (free to take time while it's light outside to walk the dog!). Free to work in the way that suits you and your productivity best. Everyone at Prolific respects your time and that you're a human being with a life!

Encouraged to buy anything you need to support your mental and physical wellbeing (e.g. SAD lights, ergonomic equipment, etc.) paid for by the company. A day a week where all meetings are banned, to give everyone time and space to focus. Regular yoga sessions, free to drop in whenever you want. Flexibility to work in the place/time/way that suits your wellbeing and productivity best.

There's been a real focus on building a culture as well as a company, and it shows. The company is growing fast but a real importance has been placed on making sure we hire the right people who fit with the values of the company, and not compromising on the great culture that's been established so far.

The company is very vocal about mental wellbeing and has several initiatives in place to support team members. We are actively encouraged to discuss and prioritise our well-being in our teams and as a wider company. There is great flexibility, empathy, and kindness shown on every level of the company, and we have even begun company-wide Zoom yoga classes to help with stress! Finally, it is very clear that this is integral to leadership and that they are always open to feedback and suggestions.

We are working on a product that is truly ever-changing and never resting on laurels. We push the envelope about what should be expected from online research, and prioritise things like data quality and fair renumeration. All team members are encouraged to feedback about the product, and our colleagues always listen to suggestions from other members or our customers to continuously make it better. It's very exciting to work in an environment that truly cares about progress.

As a support member, I have never been bored! Everyday offers new problems to solve and new customers to help. Not long after joining, I was trusted to begin a project examining our support system and its efficiency which has evolved into a project that will grow alongside my development and has given me new skillsets. There's always a new skill to learn, process to refine, or challenge to resolve.

I've been with Prolific for four years and I've learned more here than in any previous role I've had. Autonomy and trust have been core values from day one. Self-learning and development has always been encouraged but we also have a highly-experienced team of engineers to learn from. Additionally the culture of open communication and inclusivity has given me a chance to learn a huge amount about all aspects of the business - not just my own role.

Trust is one of our core values. Everyone is trusted and given flexibility to work as autonomously as possible. We have a fail friendly culture and the team is encouraged to 'ask for forgiveness, not for permission' when it comes to making decisions.

Prolific cares deeply about transparency at all levels. We have regular all-hands meetings where everyone has a chance to stay updated on and contribute to the company strategy and vision, along with frequent discussion in Slack, Notion etc where everyone is welcome.

The company makes sure to reiterate the importance of looking after our mental health and always looks for ways to help its employees. Something as simple as being reminded that a mental health day counts as a sick day is big for an employee when mental health is still such a stigmatised topic. Management is always looking for ways to improve and help everyone through these particularly tough times.

Prolific is a small early-stage startup so there's the classic opportunity to wear many hats. There are leaders in each area but you are very free to suggest your own opinions and get stuck in wherever you want. We have "thinking and creative time" to allow us to explore things that might not be immediately relevant to our main work; so you could take time to learn something new, or work on a totally different problem to usual.

The team is really friendly. Before I joined I was worried about onboarding remotely, but everyone is proactively friendly and reached out offering support. Everyone is driven and is very interested in making the Prolific platform amazing, and it's inspiring to be around that kind of energy.

We're a tech startup, and so unsurprisingly we started in a male dominated way, with biased gender diversity. However, under the auspices of our wonderful (female) CEO, we've continual hired purposefully for diversity: Actively seeking out women and BAME employees in order to redress the balance. We're not satisfied yet: but our company is now a lot more representative of the UK population as a whole.

Prolific seeks to strike a balance between employee directed work and cohesively pulling in the same direction. We are growing so fast, we want people who will take the initiative, call us out when we're making mistakes, lead on projects. Employee ideas can cause change at the team level, all the way through to shifts in product direction: since we seek to empower employees to solve problems in their own way.

Prolific has grown from 20 to 40+ people in 2020, and we will continue to grow in the same way in 2021. This is hard work, but it means constant variety in jobs and also a huge amount of room for growth. There are no progression ceilings here!

Prolific has seen amazing growth in the last year. With growth at this stage there's always new problems to solve and/or opportunities to take advantage of and that's what keeps it fun and interesting with lots of room to learn and progress.

Prolific is easily one of the friendliest, most inclusive and open companies I've been involved with. The company has a lot of great initiatives to help people get to know others in different teams and work together on different projects. Despite being entirely remote since joining I feel I've made genuine friends since working here!

Everyone at Prolific is really aligned on values and the tone of open and honest communication comes from the top. The monthly investor reports are shared with the whole company and all slack channels are encouraged to be open so everyone who is interested can view/join the discussions. There's a huge amount of trust and autonomy given to everyone at every level which makes for a really great company culture.