Sapient: Very open, very fair At Sapient, transparency and people focus combine to form a unique work culture. Snapshot Total employees: 3,500 currently Average age: 29 years Attrition rate: 16.9 per cent currently Male: Female ratio: 1:1.26 Average career tenure: 2.4 years Promotion rate: 20 per cent Training budget: Rs 5.16 crore Training man-days: 8,000
Total transparency is a philosophy that runs through the company (right from its US headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts), and one that even the company's new MD, Sandeep Dhar, loves. "Sapient has a unique culture of 'people success', because that role is defined in this company." But Dhar appreciates that the 'culture' that he and his management hold dear also nurtures a high turnover of employees.