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ThinkTank Maths

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1.0
Oct 23, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- There was little or no pressure to deliver tangible results.

Cons

- All words here that are not quoting someone else constitute my opinion. - With the possible exception of one, the 5-star reviews on this page are not real – they do not correspond to any actual employee of the company. It’s not hard to set up fake accounts for writing fake reviews. They should be ignored. - An account of some of the history of this company and its predecessor can be found by googling: "The strange and unpleasant death of ThinkTank Mathematics Ltd" It is very enlightening and I recommend anyone who is considering joining this company to read it and take the information very seriously. - The other reviews are accurate, but very understated. I would highlight the following: "The CTO is the husband of the CEO and there is a huge age gap with the researchers. Basically, everybody is scared to stand up to them." "When management got involved in projects there was a really bad communication problem. I couldn't understand anything that the CTO was talking about. He didn't seem to understand basic mathematics, but he was absolutely certain that we were all wrong and he would get very emotional and sometimes shout at us. He also seemed to obsess about small details of our lives and often we'd have to congregate around him so he could lecture at us (sometimes for hours) about how to live our lives according to his own philosophy" "Needless to say, that was frustrating, especially because scientifically he (the CTO) not even was incorrect, but didn't make any sense." "You'll never get to meet customers, never make any impact on business, never know what happens to your reports and results" "We would frequently be expected to stay late at the office without notice or good reason, due to poor timekeeping by members of the management team" "The management, who are the publicly facing image of the company, are a married couple which is a huge red flag. They openly insult staff and only come into the office late despite having strict rules for everybody else." "It is very stressful because we all have to pretend that the publicly facing "chief mathematician" is technical, when he has no clue about basic mathematics." "There is a toxic culture of ... irrational behaviour from management." - A new page for the company appears to have been set up in order to disassociate from the reviews on this page.

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3.0
Apr 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Projects there usually have several phases. First, it is a learning phase, during which you read a lot, while studying previously unfamiliar branch of mathematics. The learning curve is quite steep, but it always feels good to acquire and master new skills on a deep level. Then comes even better phase, when you start sharing your knowledge and ideas with the team, and actually produce meaningful results. After combining and structuring the results, the team produces final report on the project. The project deliverables are typically the big reports, containing the current state of a problem and a bunch of new results and algorithms, that came from the team. Finishing every project feels very rewarding. It's like completing your PhD thesis again, and for that feeling I am truly grateful to the team. I'd love to work with you again, guys!

Cons

Problems come when the management (well, the CTO, actually) tries to get involved into a project. He serves as a perfect illustration of the Dunning–Kruger syndrome, not showing any respect to your and the team's ideas and results, quite often not even understanding them. Sometimes our discussions went south, and he actually shouted at us. Needless to say, that was frustrating, especially because scientifically he not even was incorrect, but didn't make any sense. Though the company is quite small, the culture is far from 'startup'. There is a clear separation between the researchers ('the resource') and the management (CEO & CTO). You'll never get to meet customers, never make any impact on business, never know what happens to your reports and results, never be anything but a kept-in-the-dark researcher. I left immediately, when I was offered similar role in another company performing big data analysis.

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1.0
Feb 10, 2024
Anonymous freelancer
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing, they are extremely rude.

Cons

I sent of a job application, and this is the response I received from them: Your cover letter is a sad copy-paste of a bland standard letter. It's hard to believe that you're really interested in ThinkTank Maths. Our friendly advice is to make the effort to show more real motivation when applying for jobs in the future. Kind regards, The Career’s team This is extremely rude and hurtful.

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