“Having an outplacement agency helps the existing employees as well as the employee who will be part of the system because they know that the organisation cares about its employees and values.”

Welcome to another episode of Shape of Work. In today’s episode, our guest talks about the challenges with employee retention and the importance of work-life balance. Our guest today is Shuchi Agarwal, Human Resource Business Partner at GfK, an IT services and IT consulting organisation that promotes sustainable growth.

Shuchi is a human resource veteran with over a decade of work experience. She did her Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Birla Institute of Management Technology. She has worked at Tripster Solutions and The Hi-Tech Robotics Systemz Ltd., both in HR roles.

Episode Highlights

• What are the challenges with employee retention?
• The importance of transparent and open communication
• How important is work-life balance?
• Advice for young people starting out

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt

Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.