Enhanced Employee Communications and Engagement

As we mentioned earlier, employees are the centre of all that we do and so, keeping them engaged is high up on our priority list. We have an exclusive team of employee engagement experts here at Sasken who are focused on creating and executing initiatives to keep employee satisfaction levels at their highest; whether it is bringing in the fun element to work from time to time or building and sustaining leadership connect and recognition in the organization.
In short, the employee engagement team pushes towards becoming (and remaining) an ‘employer of choice’, an integral part of our Vision Statement. In this endeavour, our team considers various factors while looking to engage employees, such as:

• nature of work
• monetary benefits
• opportunity for global mobility
• growth
• quality of development inputs
• personal preferences

A few of the more popular modes of engagement are explained below:

Energizing the System

We love that our employees have fun at work. We have a dedicated team that makes sure there is a constant air of fun lingering in our premises. Our celebrations reach out to families and attempt to build an emotional connect by providing unique experiences to Sasians and their family.

Internal fun events such as Jamboree and Prakruti Mela  too are not to be missed. We have a dedicated team just to take care that the fun element of Sasken remains a constant feature! Once you are with us, don’t be surprised if you see a fair taking place within the premise or if you see a cricket star coming into office to tell you about the ‘making of a champion’.

Jamboree Link: Jamboree is Sasken’s year Mega Event filled with Fun, Fairness & Fierce competition.
An Employee Engagement initiative, Jamboree aims to improve the EMOTIONAL GLUE that connects  Sasians across sites and facilities. JAMBOREE has a cherished history at Sasken and in the past has been a hugely successful program run by the Central Marketing Team (during 2005 -2006 timeframe) with an extremely high recall.  

The Jamboree activities are categorized as:

• Fun - Involves Fun Events/Contests like Treasure hunt, Music & Dance events, Skit, Quiz etc         
  
• Fierce Competition - Sports Events like SPL (Sasken Premier League – Cricket Tournament), Volleyball, Table Tennis etc
  
• Fairness - CSR Activities focusing on themes like Community Development, Education, Environment etc
  
  All Sasians identify with their Planet Homes  at the beginning of the entire fiasco. Mercury (THE SWIFT), Venus (THE INFLUENTIAL), Jupiter (THE OPTIMISTIC), Mars (THE FEARLESS) & Neptune (THE POWERFUL)  are the Planet Homes. Winners/participants of the events accumulate individual points for themselves as well as points for their respective Home Planets.
  At the end of the financial year – the Home Planet which accumulates maximum points & the individual who scores maximum points would be declared as winners. They go on to win exciting prizes sponsored by our sponsors and partners.

Rewards and Recognition

Keeping in mind the need for every employee to know that he is valued within our organization, we constantly work at revitalizing the Rewards and Recognition programs at Sasken.  Our rewards focus on identifying people with exemplary Values, Performance , Leadership and Technical potential, People Management Skills and so on. The rewards will be a mix of monetary

Recently, we also introduced into the Rewards and Recognition framework, a significant program on Recognizing Loyalty and Longevity at Sasken. Besides, regular recognition of good work on the part of employees at client locations have also been implemented. For instance – Brand Ambassador Awards
The R&R is framed such that every month, specific competencies and behaviors are identified, recognized and rewarded.

Engaging with the Engagers

At Sasken, we take pride in saying that our employees have easy access to our top management. Thanks to our employee engagement efforts, we have been able to bring in structure to this, and maintaining its consistency. We know our leaders wield high influence over their teams and keep motivation at its highest. Our efforts include:   

• Off sites
• Group meetings
• One-on-ones
• Formation of a core sasken leadership teams to increase involvement, accountability and ownership of leaders
• Executive Coaching for key leaders
• Leadership development programs
• Increased frequency of Skip Level meetings to strengthen manager- team relationships
• Increased focus on frequency and quality of Team Building initiatives.
• 360degree feedback
• Collaboration between cross functional teams and leaders - a key area of focus for development aiming to build a stronger and  synergistic  leadership team
• Succession planning and leadership development for high potential leaders is being put together  to strengthen Sasken’s  leadership base

Communication

Our internal communication teams ensure that we have the highest possible interaction taking place between our employees and leadership team. We emphasize on the importance of every employee aligning himself with the organization goals and achievements; and being ‘aware’. Various mechanisms like one-on-ones, small group meetings, random calls by leaders to Sasians, open doors and management by walking around in different locations are a regular feature at our workplace.

Our CXO Newsletter is a popular monthly journal that employees look forward to, which aims to keep employees alert about leadership perspectives, business decisions, the current  industry climate and its bearing on Sasken, etc.

Leadership Blogs, where employees can connect online with their Leaders is on the cards as the next level of interaction.

Learning Environment

We take pride in our training and development structure. Our teams here are constantly working at updating training mechanisms through internally run projects. We have a training system where employees can choose to participate in programs that are relevant to his interest and job role. More Training Programs (Technical and Non Technical) and e-learning modules have been introduced; with phenomenal number of enrolments and acceptance.