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Our People - Creative Technical Talent

Knowledge workers cannot be managed as subordinates; they are associates… knowledge workers must know more about their job than their boss does.

Peter Drucker, Management's New Paradigms. Forbes, 5th Oct 1998

At Accelerate4 we don’t just like these ideas about company structure: we understand them.

If pure technical talent is to achieve its maximum potential then it must be free from irrelevant corporate pressures.

Our most valuable resource is our staff creativity. As our aim is to improve our clients’ productivity and save them money using all available means, our people need not only to think flexibly, but also to communicate their great ideas.

We want our people to stay focused on creating ingenious ways of solving problems, rather than the best way of negotiating bureaucracy.

So we don’t do office politics. Because our people know what they’re talking about we trust them, we listen to them, and we act upon their know-how. They are partners within the organisation, and have an interest in seeing the business succeed – their bonuses and accelerators will depend on the company performance, not pointless ‘yearly evaluation targets’ set by some middle-manager.

We don’t really do job titles. Job titles limit people into moulds. We want adaptable folk, willing continually to improve their skills and always looking for ways of creating ever more open architectures, adaptable environments and reusable systems.

Even if our staff want to be known as ‘Super Duper DevelopStars’, then that’s fine by us. We might think they’re a bit odd, but if it makes them happy then it works for us.

We also try to make the working environment as comfortable as possible. Home working is encouraged, but we still ensure effective communication with regular meetings and web conferences. In fact we strive to keep our people satisfied, from flexible working hours to ensuring we have tasty sandwiches at meetings!

We only hire super-brilliant people who want to work in a fun, challenging environment. If this sounds like the kind of environment you’ve always dreamed of, get in touch – we welcome speculative enquiries from exceptional applicants!