Hybrid

The company culture can be described in three words: Dynamic, Precise, and Candid.

1. Dynamic: At Prodigal, we foster a culture of bias for action and curious optimism, where we embrace a positive dynamic approach to our work. We're always ready to seize opportunities and tackle challenges with agility and innovation. We thrive in an environment that encourages proactive thinking and adaptability, empowering everyone in the team to ask “How might a new idea work?” rather than, “Why will it fail?”

2. Precise: Precision is ingrained in everything we do at Prodigal. We understand the importance of being specific, accurate, and detail-oriented in our work. Whether it's in our analysis, decision-making, or communication, we strive for clarity and effectiveness, ensuring that every action we take is purposeful and well-executed. Through precision, we do whatever it takes to deliver our best and constantly strive to pursue excellence each and every day.

3. Candid: Radical candor is at the heart of our culture at Prodigal. We believe in open and honest communication irrespective of hierarchy, even when it's uncomfortable. This fosters trust, transparency, and constructive feedback within our team, enabling us to have meaningful conversations, share ideas freely, and address issues directly. It's this culture of candidness that drives our employees to be their best and expect the very best from the team. 

Leadership at Prodigal is all about setting the tone for the company culture by exemplifying and practicing the values and behaviors they want to see reflected throughout the organization. This includes demonstrating qualities such as bias for action, specificity, excellence, radical candor, and curious optimism in their own actions and decisions. They serve as role models for employees at all levels for the company culture. Our employee appreciation policies run horizontally and vertically where the leaders get a pat on the back for good work as well as candid day-to-day feedback for improvement. We believe in a give-and-take approach when it comes to maintaining company culture where it doesn’t flow either from the top or bottom but goes around. 

Employee recognition happens on a day-to-day basis as well as bi-annually at Prodigal. Since the inception of Prodigal, we have had a Taco-Candy policy to recognize, encourage, and regulate our company's core values and our employees' achievements across it. For good work, employees receive a taco, symbolizing satisfaction and appreciation. Great work merits a candy reward, celebrating exceptional performance around our 5 core values. Not acceptable work is addressed with a carrot, offering constructive feedback and encouragement for improvement. Similarly, our Bi-annual performance reviews are followed. Rewards are given in the form of spot bonuses (which are not exhaustive in number), Starbucks vouchers, promotions, and routine appraisals. Unlike traditional organizations, the above-mentioned rewards aren’t limited to once a year and individual high performances also warrant it.