Here's What It's like to Work at Thunder - Tech

JASON: thunder::tech is an integrated marketing agency headquartered here in Cleveland, Ohio. I actually started thunder::tech out of my college dorm room. At first, we were just a web design and web development shop. But very quickly, we identified a growing desire from clients to have all their marketing services come from a single source. And really, much later, folks started calling this integrated marketing. Eventually we began expanding our services to where today we now offer the skills of an ad agency, a tech firm, a PR communication shop, a web design development consultancy, and a graphic design studio. And of course, all of this is under one roof and fully integrated here. KELLY: So that's what makes thunder::tech different. We have all these skill sets right in house so clients only have to come right to us instead of talking to six different agencies. BRUCE: The open environment is fantastic, not just for collaboration but for just bouncing ideas off each other. The instant feedback accelerates the speed at which we can bring good ideas to life and discard bad ones. It makes us all better. JUSTIN: The culture at thunder::tech is really incredible. It's a bunch of really smart, talented people working together to do some pretty great things and people are doing really cool things outside of work too. Volunteering and helping out in the community. CONNIE: We already recycled, but I thought we threw away too much of our leftover food, so I started a composting program and we'll use the compost in our rooftop garden. MARC: At thunder::tech, we're committed to helping our employees further their careers. We invest heavily in continuing education and send team members to a number of conferences and seminars every year. We also have a regular Lunch and Learn series where we present topics of interest to everyone in the agency. ANDREA: It doesn't matter if you've been at thunder::tech for one or 10 years, your ideas are going to be heard. We have a diverse team and ideas are always coming from unexpected places and we do encourage that. MARC: If I had to list the top three elements that attract people to thunder::tech, I'd have to say it would be reputation for quality work, our fun culture, and our strong standing in community. Oh and the time machine. JASON: Right. Our time machine. CRAIG: So when I first interviewed at thunder::tech, I was like, what do you mean you have a time machine? JASON: The funny thing was, it was actually one of the first integrated projects we worked on. BEN: Quantum physics hypothesizes that there're already a number of alternate realities in which thunder::tech's already created a time machine. It was a simple matter of building an Einstein-Rosen bridge-- known to some as a wormhole-- and traveling to one of these realities and asking them how they built a time machine. Then we just had to go to Radio Shack and pick up the parts. MARISSA: You know it sounds really exciting at first. Going back in time and meeting all these famous people. Awesome! But then you meet a couple of them and it's kind of disappointing. Alexander the Great? Not so great. ERIC: So they told you about the time machine? [POWERING UP SOUND] That's the time machine. CRAIG: When I first started, I was really intrigued by the time machine but after a while, it's no big deal. You just settle down and focus on doing good work. JASON: It's a bright, shiny object. Something that we use to show off to clients but honestly there's fewer commercial uses for a time machine than you might think. BRUCE: There's no cubicles here at thunder::tech. We believe that collaboration is at the heart of--EEK! [EXPLOSION] VIKING: [BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAMING] CRAIG: Damn it! Who left the time machine on?