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The Working Life

The Working Life

Mint - HT Smartcast



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.

Tune in with Devina Sengupta to The Working Life to know more.

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17:30
S3E10 | The work culture shift of Maruti Suzuki
EPISODE 36

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, Mem ... Read more

20 Apr18 MINS
16:03
S3E9 | Where are the green experts?
EPISODE 35

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 un ... Read more

13 Apr16 MINS
18:50
S3E8 | Will AI slash our jobs?
EPISODE 34

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 execut ... Read more

06 Apr19 MINS
17:21
S3E7 | Why India Inc wants to head back to office?
EPISODE 33

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 ... Read more

30 Mar17 MINS
16:01
S3E6 | India Inc's hunt for the right attrition
EPISODE 32

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. In ... Read more

24 Mar16 MINS
25:57
S3E5 | Tata Steel and the third gender
EPISODE 31

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 ... Read more

16 Mar26 MINS
22:04
S3E4 | India Inc bats for insurance cover drive
EPISODE 30

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 h ... Read more

10 Mar22 MINS
22:04
S3E3 | India Inc’s absent and invisible gender
EPISODE 29

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 ... Read more

02 Mar22 MINS
24:39
S3E2 | Wipro's tryst with Tech Talent
EPISODE 28

What does it take to keep talent focused when rivals are ready with counter offers and employee costs are burgeoning? Wipro's CHRO Saurabh Govil discloses how HR teams of IT compan ... Read more

23 Feb25 MINS
28:14
S3E1 | The offer letter decoded
EPISODE 27

Since the pandemic, India Inc has had to overhaul its salary and benefits structure to attract and retain employees. The counter offers, flexible benefits and wooing of talent have ... Read more

16 Feb28 MINS
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