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Ekotrope

HQ
Boston
37 Total Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What's the Company Culture Like at Ekotrope?

What People Are Saying About Ekotrope

  • Collaborative & Supportive Culture: Colleagues are described as kind, thoughtful, and collaborative, with ideas being heard and room to ‘run with’ suggestions. A compact team size helps keep communication tight and reinforces supportive norms.
  • Cultural Alignment: Work is explicitly framed around a sustainable future and decarbonizing housing, creating a strong sense of purpose and impact. External recognition of influence in residential energy efficiency reinforces pride of mission internally.
  • Innovation & Creativity: Values emphasize questioning assumptions and a fail‑fast mindset, with rapid iteration and continuous improvement. Products are co‑developed alongside practitioner users (e.g., HERS Raters), signaling creative, user‑informed building.

Ekotrope's Benefits

Offers company-sponsored happy hours

Offers company-sponsored outings

Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community

20 hours/yr paid time off to volunteer

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility

Offers a remote work program