Indian Startups Rolling Out Fringe Benefits To Get Best Out Of Employees
BANGALORE: Taking a cue from these ubercool workplaces like Google and others notch companies, a bunch of desi startups is also upping fringe benefits to get the best out of their employees, as reported by Samidha Sharma and Sujit John of Times of India.
As India is home to some of the most successful startups, the companies have slowly moved out of the traditional office setups and are adapting to new work cultures which are even more generous and creative perks to employees. And to add on to this there are late-gaming sessions and disco nights in office to ensure that individuals can party as hard as they work.
These fledgling ventures admit that some of these perks are not as extravagant but they are fun, and this is indeed a great way to keep the employees motivated in a competitive market.
Pranay Chulet, founder and CEO of digital classifieds player Quikr said, "People seem to prefer samosas over salmon, and cricket over football so that's what we focus on. We want to celebrate our quirks," report ?
Another map-based realty portal company Housing.com has a office-turned-nightclub. Advitiya Sharma, co-founder of the two-year old startup said, the idea is to transform the office into the hippest disc in Mumbai, and he further added “For us, it's not about the occasional perk but the way we work every day. We always have fun in whatever we do even as the bigger corporate give out airline miles and free hotel stays."
Another Noida-based One97 Communication, a mobile internet company founder by Vijay Shekhar Sharma, has this perk of playing music every evening that is to be heard on all floors of the office building. "People who come for job interviews and see this invariably go away impressed. We create a spa like fragrance in the office with different natural, scented herbs and oils and have a 24-hour food counter," says Sharma.
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