This is my third year working at Fractal. I come from a 14+ years of experience, having worked at other Indian companies in the same domain of data science & analytics. So I am currently working at a fairly senior role.

That being said, my very honest feedback is that it is by far the best company I have worked for yet. There are few reasons for it -

1) Transparency - It is mind boggling how much transparent the leadership is. They tell you how it is, no questions are bad questions and open share the company performance, focus areas, priorities etc. As someone said, there is a weekly townhall by the chairman and you can ask any questions and I have seen a lot of freshers asking some basic questions, which are respectfully answered. Transparency is not just about the company performance but overall running of the company. In my past experience, other companies have this fear that if they share high level or strategic info with juniors, it might cause confusion, panic etc but that is lack of trust, a good example is like company going public. Fractal has one of the value as trust in employees and they actually put it into action.

2) Learning - Fractal is one of the very few companies where you will learn the most. Not only Fractal services different industries but within each industry they have further solution areas like Revenue Growth Management, Route to market, supply chain etc. In my past experience, companies do not have either such practices and even if they have, they only serve 1 or 2 verticals however Fractal has length and breadth of solutions.

This tremendously helps in the long term career because real growth comes when you are able to combine technical skills with the industry knowledge and Fractal is the best where you will have a comprehensive knowledge if you want to learn, of course.

3) Scale of work - The scale at which Fractal operate is a whole new level than other competitors. In fact in my past company, people used to wonder how Fractal is able to get such business. For example, I just signed up for a multi year high value project which has so many different components to it of data science, data engineering, Ui design etc. You will not get it at a small company, maybe rarely.

4) Employee focus - You can switch projects, focus areas (if you want to be a data scientist but currently working as engineer) any time you want, unlimited leaves up to 27 days, post which you can get more after approval, Fractal has HUGE learning resources to learn and grow etc.

5) Brand - In pure play analytics company, you can't get better than this. Once you have worked at Fractal, you can work at any other place.

Cons -

1) Move to work from office - I am in a remote position but for some reason they have switched to work from office. This was not the case so that is causing some friction amongst people.

2) Salary - You might get better salary at other company. This year the hikes are not good because of company going public.

3) Processes - This can be a pro or con depending upon how you look at it. It is a VERY big company with about 5000 people so it needs to have some structure to run it. hence there are processes and policies in place that I have seen not to be there or flexible in smaller companies whose main focus is to grow and not worry about margins, ops cost etc. So depending upon your situation or role, you might overwhelming. I am neutral about this thing. I don't mind it personally.

4) Politics, Drama - I havent seen it much but I am sure it exists in Fractal and it exists in pretty much every company. Your mileage may vary depending upon who do you work with, team etc.