While extremely professional, Odessa's culture is decidedly "un-corporate"; Odessa is very academically inclined and encourages "out of the box" thinking. The office environment is laid back with no restrictive rules and regulations. Each individual plays a significant role in deciding the best course of action for a given task at hand, with guidance rather than supervision. Odessa instills and encourages a definite sense of pride and ownership in every task accomplished. The career-goals and the job requirements of each individual are actually (unlike the 'cog in wheel' approach of larger companies) carefully planned out and matched, so that the inevitable result is a professionally versatile, astute and well-rounded individual - and a company that benefits from greater value-added. Odessa rewards performance.