In their own words

“As the global technology strategy unit for Toyota, we're reinventing how people think about mobility through advanced technology and predictive intelligence while developing tools for such services as ride sharing, car sharing and remote delivery,” says Jennifer Brown, HR senior manager.

About the culture

The company means it when it says “unlimited vacation time.” It also offers four months of paid leave for new moms and dads; $500 a year toward fitness expenses and $2,000 for personal training; and vehicle discounts on Toyota and Lexus, plus $5,000 cash for a down payment.

Employees say

"I have the freedom to try new ideas and learn new things. The benefits are awesome. The work never gets boring because we work using Scrum methodology and pick up whatever work we want during each sprint. Also, employees can switch projects and teams easily if they want to try something new."

"I feel like how I perform makes a difference on what Toyota Connected will become in the future. I feel valued."

"There are almost zero barriers between me and doing my best work. In my experience, normally engineers and teams of engineers are bottlenecked by red tape. Not so at TC. 'Do you think we could do X?' is met with 'Probably. Go try it' rather than 'Let's go see if we can get approval.' TC encourages you to stop talking about building stuff and go start actually building stuff. I love it."

Good works

The company has Habitat for Humanity groups, has gone into inner-city schools to teach underprivileged children and supports hackathons for area teen and college students.