Workplace flexibility is another way TQL caters to employees. The firm maintains a hybrid environment, giving employees the option to work remotely 40 hours a month. TQL has also opened up new IT hubs in Tampa, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina, creating potential avenues for employee relocation.
With competition for IT talent still fierce, TQL is committed to cultivating an environment where people want to come to work. There are a variety of perks to promote in-office well-being, including healthy food options in the cafeterias, free dinners for employees working off-hours, onsite gyms, and 20-minute chair massages. The IT department celebrates various cultures with potluck gatherings for Diwali and Cinco De Mayo, among other celebrations.
Any effort aimed at employee engagement should encompass elements of work/life balance. TQL hosts 200 employee and family events each year, and a recent $35 million headquarters expansion added a golf simulator and pickleball and basketball courts to the mix of perks served up to employees. “We want to make this a fun place to work,” Kean says. “We work hard, but people genuinely like to be here.”
