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May 04, 2023 S3E12 | How to read your offer letter ?
It is that time of the year when you have been appraised by your boss and are waiting for the bonus and the new compensation letter to come in. Soon, the water cooler chats will have few who are delighted, some upset and a majority of your colleagues will shrug at the new salaries. In this episode of The Working Life, Mansee Singhal Partner, Rewards Consulting Leader for Mercer India breaks down the compensation letter for us.
26 min
April 27, 2023 S3E11 | Indian students in search of foreign degree
More than 7 lakh students went abroad to study in 2022. Over the last few years, the students aiming to go abroad faced pandemic or geopolitical crisis. But now the floodgates have opened. In today's episode of The Working Life, Akshay Chaturvedi , founder of edtech firm LeverageEdu, explains the trends and challenges in getting the admission seat abroad.
23 min
April 20, 2023 S3E10 | The work culture shift of Maruti Suzuki
How do traditional manufacturing firms overhaul their HR policies , adopt digital way of working when hit by Covid? Are they swift enough to ward off competition? Rajesh Uppal, Member Executive Board, HR, for Maruti Suzuki explains how the automaker is trying to keep pace with changing times but not let go some of its ingrained traditional work culture .
19 min
April 13, 2023 S3E9 | Where are the green experts?
India Inc is scrambling to strategise its ESG targets and while green field projects , renewables are the buzzword, there is giant hurdle in front of them. Were are experts who understand ESG and green energy? Firms are recruiting from abroad, B-schools have started teaching the subject to create a future pipeline. Shantanu Srivastava, energy financial analyst at IEEFA South Asia explains the talent crisis in the sector.
18 min
April 06, 2023 S3E8 | Will AI slash our jobs?
Artificial Intelligence is often used as an ominous term to indicate how many jobs will become redundant as profiles get automated. But Rituparna Chakraborty, co-founder and executive director of staffing firm TeamLease Services chalks out an ironic situation. She says that while certain profiles are more vulnerable than others, the employment opportunities remain immense. In this episode of The Working Life, Chakraborty explains that one does not have to be an engineer to understand AI or upskill themselves in this latest technology. The onus is on the government , corporates and us to start upskilling right from day one of entering a corporate.
21 min
March 30, 2023 S3E7 | Why India Inc wants to head back to office?
India Inc is returning to its workstations and that too willingly. In one of the major surprises across sectors, companies are noticing that they do not have to push their manpower to attend physical office. The water cooler conversations are back and the office bays are buzzing with banter and chatter. In today's episode of The Working Life, Ruchee Anand, Senior Director, Talent & Learning Solutions at LinkedIn India explains the attraction of a workstation and how will policies and compensation change all over again as we head back to our offices
19 min
March 24, 2023 S3E6 | India Inc's hunt for the right attrition
Global tech and internet giants - Amazon, Meta, Google , Microsoft have retrenched thousands of employees adding to the recessionary waves not just in the West but even at home. India Inc is also struggling to balance involuntary and voluntary attrition in order to achieve the exact workforce strength. In today's episode of the Working Life Roopank Chaudhary, Partner and Chief Commercial Officer Human Capital Solutions for consulting firm Aon explains the domino effect of these global layoffs. He chalks out how certain sectors have no option but to let go of employees in order to maintain healthy balance sheets and despite all efforts, voluntary attrition continues to remain a worrying trend.
18 min
March 16, 2023 S3E5 | Tata Steel and the third gender
Diversity is complicated. India Inc has been trying for many years to get more women on its payrolls. But, an equal gender ratio remains a dream for most firms. However, corporates have forgotten that diversity is non-binary. There is the third gender. Tata Steel - a 100-year-old firm is attempting to erase biases in its workforce. In today's episode of The Working Life, Atrayee Sanyal Vice President of, human resource management and Amarjeet Singh, who is part of the Equipment Maintenance team at Tata Steel will chalk out what goes behind making a company look beyond gender.
28 min
March 10, 2023 S3E4 | India Inc bats for insurance cover drive
An interesting job profile and compensation aside, employees are demanding companies roll out insurance covers that go beyond basic healthcare. This includes insurance for mental health, infertility covers and a wider range of health benefits for parents, live-in partners that do not confirm to any kind of gender bias. Abhishek Poddar , CEO and co-founder of insurance company Plum breaks down how India Inc’s insurance benefits can attract and retain talent.
24 min
March 02, 2023 S3E3 | India Inc’s absent and invisible gender
The hybrid work regime has taken its toll on women who had to straddle home and work much more than their male counterparts. Diversity experts were alarmed to see that when markets opened up and the hiring frenzy happened, women backed out from switching jobs or asking for higher pay packets. In double-income families, the women were quitting and this was not just an urban phenomenon but a worrying trend across socio-economic strata. In today's episode of The Working Life, Rosa Abraham, assistant professor at Azim Premji University explains that between the glass ceilings and sticky floors, the gender ratio is more skewed than ever.
24 min

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In the last three years, the relationship between an employer and an employee can at best be described as - mercurial. In the first two years of the pandemic, we tip-toed into each other’s private spaces and soon the office and the home shared the same room. Healthcare benefits, leave and employee engagement policies were overhauled as Covid raged. But once markets opened up, the equations became testy. Employees swiftly changed their loyalties and companies outmanoeuvred one another to retain talent. Then again, the tide turned as global markets and war put brakes on all future plans. Now, the employer had the upper hand and what followed was a series of layoffs, freezing of perks and hushed anxiety enveloping the office corridors. Over the next few episodes of The Working Life, We will talk to HR heads, compensation specialists, diversity experts and employees about how the relationship with our workplaces has changed. And will try to find out how companies are redrawing every strategy to retain their best talent and attract the new crop of young workforce who have a whole different expectation from their jobs.