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Tech M recognized as a best mega employer from India

by | Jun 20, 2020 | Industry News, Technology

The recognition has been conferred by Great Place to Work Institute, which conducted a study involving 2.1 million employees across 21 industries in India.
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Tech Mahindra Ltd., a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services, has been recognized among India’s 50 best companies to work for in 2020 by the Great Place to Work Institute. Listed as a best mega employer (organizations with more than 50,000 employees), Tech Mahindra is also one of the five ‘Best Companies in Career Management.’ Tech Mahindra has achieved the 21st rank among India’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2020 by the Great Place to Work Institute. This was one of the largest workplace studies in India, representing the voice of more than 2.1 million employees, across more than 21 industries.

Tech Mahindra has earned this best mega employer recognition for creating a great place to work for all the employees and has excelled on the five dimensions of building a high-trust, high-performance culture. These are credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie. The awarding organization, Great Place to Work Institute, is the ‘Global Authority’ for creating, sustaining and identifying high-trust, high-performance culture. Great Place to Work is considered the ‘gold standard’ in workplace culture assessment and they identify best workplaces solely on the basis of employee feedback and quality of people practices in an organization. No jury or individual can influence the results of the assessment.

CP Gurnani, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Tech Mahindra, said, “This is a collective win of 125,000+ people, who resolved to become and build a great institution by working in more than 125,000 different ways, towards a common goal. They were led by purpose, powered by technology and driven by a culture of Rise. We are humbled and honored to be counted among India’s 50 best companies.” Gurnani extended his special thanks to the human resources function.

Tech Mahindra remains rooted in the business and social ethos shared by the entire Mahindra Group through the Rise tenets – accepting no limits, alternative thinking, and driving positive change. The same has been demonstrated through initiatives like – ‘Don’t be plastic’, ‘3-4-3 for Good’ amongst others.

Harshvendra Soin, Global Chief People Officer and Marketing Head, Tech Mahindra, said, “We, at Tech Mahindra, believe the future of work is ‘Human-Centered’. Our focus has been on providing  ‘meaningful work’ and creating an enabling environment where our employees feel trusted, respected, recognized and empowered. As a mega employer, having a dispersed and large workforce, we leveraged technology to create hyper personalized experiences and Moments of Truth that embedded ‘People Engagement’ in our core business strategy, TechMHRNxt.”

Through a myriad of wellness programs, upskilling options, reward and recognition efforts, progressive policies for diversity and inclusion, Tech Mahindra is fostering an environment where learning, growth and innovation is promoted. Under its latest #lovetobeTechM initiative, the associates are encouraged to  share anecdotes, stories and testimonials on – celebrating good times, surviving the tough times and preparing for the future – together. These initiatives, among others, have helped the company mature as a best mega employer.

Tech Mahindra under its TechMHRNxt charter, focuses on reimagining people function for creating ‘Human Centered workplace’ and enhance employee experience by leveraging next-generation technologies along with human interactions. Associates at Tech Mahindra are digital change makers who are here to disrupt, blaze new trails, and create connected experiences for a connected world.

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