HSS scores a Hat Trick with Business Today's Best Employer Ranking

"I'm very proud to be associated with all of you." Jack Shaw President and CEO, Hughes

HSS has featured for the second year in a row in Business Today's Best Employers List. The survey, conducted by the international people practices consulting house, Hewitt Associates, is now a yearly feature in Business Today magazine, India's leading business fortnightly.
Coming close after winning the Award for the Organization with the most innovative HR practices at the India HRD Congress, and the CIO Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development, the BT- Hewitt recognition (among the top 4 IT companies) gives us the hat trick.

Arun Kumar, President and Managing Director, HSS, in his congratulatory letter to all HSSians wrote, "This kind of recognition, two years in a row, does not come easily. It comes from the passionate belief that HSS would succeed when HSSians are happy, growing and successful. It comes from creating a unique culture that becomes the guiding force of everything we do. It comes from living The HSS Way and continuously making it better. And it comes from developing and implementing innovative HR practices that help HSSians and its customers to succeed. As a result, HSS succeeds."

Despite the challenges thrown up by the global economic slowdown and compounded with the September 11 tragedy, people we spoke to felt we had done remarkably well to maintain our position in the top tier of the Indian IT industry. How and Why? We spoke to a cross-section of opinion makers to find out…

Our Success Mantra

Says Sanjoy Narayan, Editor, Business Today magazine, "Nearly half of the companies that have featured in our top 25 Best Employers list are technology companies. Companies like Hughes Software have come in as a breath of fresh air with new people practices- not just in creating a work environment that assures employees of all possible creature comforts, but have also taken the lead in introducing practices like career building, empowerment, ownership through a participatory team-oriented culture."

"Companies like Hughes Software have come in as a breath of fresh air with new people practices." Sanjoy Narayan, Editor, Business Today magazine

From my standpoint, HSS belongs to an elite and enlightened group of 25 companies- we and Hewitt consider to be the Best Employers in India. Keep it going!"

Along with State of the Art facilities and Best of Breed people practices our success mantra is a combination of several key ingredients that are manifested through the Hughes Mind System.

Mobilizing the Organization's Knowledge

At HSS we recognize Knowledge to be one of our most important assets in creating and delivering customer value through our products and services. Starting with the New Employee Orientation Program to the HSS Virtual Campus, an in-house e-learning portal that enables all employees to sharpen their skills, there is a constant and sustained focus on, enhancing the organization's knowledge and the use of it for building a culture of innovation and excellence.

Alam Srinivas, Special Projects Editor, Business World magazine comments, "Leaders in the global software industry leverage existing domain knowledge to build offerings for new areas. HSS' efforts at re-using knowledge through its building block models are an innovative attempt at delivering evolved technology solutions. I am sure HSS will gain from this re-use - whether in creating new offerings for new customers or delivering a greater value add to existing ones".

"I appreciate your hard work to maintain and enhance the values that are so important to all of us." Pradman Kaul Chairman and CEO, HNS

Using IT to Create a Vibrant Organization

A comprehensive network of applications and interfaces accessible to employees at all locations from the Intranet, 'Anthra' have enhanced managerial and employee productivity. Additionally, it has facilitated in spreading, building and enhancing culture, recognizing and rewarding excellence, building bonds and relationships, while performing the primary function of providing ease and efficiency to employees and managers from their desktops.

Among the first Indian Software Companies to receive a recommendation for the Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification in terms of International Standard BS 7799-2, HSS has successfully marshaled and channelise IT into building a savvy business organization.

Says Rajeev Narayan, executive editor, Dataquest Magazine, "HSS has consistently and strategically used Information Technology to surpass some of the people issues related to continuous change and growth. The Intranet and the applications it supports compare with the best of class worldwide."

"The challenges are to build on it further and come out shining brighter in the future." Arun Kumar PMD, HSS

Fostering Organizational Excellence

With increased global competitiveness and changing business dynamics, the only thing that has been constant is change. HSS constantly benchmarks its practices with the best in the world and innovates, adapts and implements practices that bring greater alignment of organizational objectives to individual goals delivering an environment that is truly empowering, encourages team functioning, driving HSSians towards excellence and innovation.

Recognition from peers and opinion makers re-vitalises our will to achieve. Especially when the voices are:

Jack Shaw, CEO, Hughes Electronics Corp, "My congratulations to all at HSS. This honor is richly deserved and makes me very proud to be associated with all of you."

Pradman Kaul, Chairman and CEO, Hughes Network Systems and Chairman, HSS, "Congratulations! I really appreciate your hard work to maintain and enhance the values that are so important to all of us."

We consider these accolades to be a re-affirmation of how motivated and committed people with a progressive work culture, strong ethos and a drive to surpass the extraordinary can build a dynamic organization that not only survives but also thrives through challenging times. And as Arun puts it, " the challenges are to build on it further and come out shining brighter in the future".

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And the Award Goes to!

Best Employer
HSS has been listed among the 25 best employers in India in a survey conducted by Hewitt Associates and Business Today, India's leading business magazine. About 204 companies across more than 15 industry Groups participated in the study and data was collected from more than 52,000 employees.

The study identified best employers in India by analyzing leading HR systems and philosophies and determines how these effectively meet employee needs and drive business results. The selection of the companies was based on several factors including degree of employee satisfaction, depth and breadth of HR practices and their alignment to business content.

Check out the 25 Best Employers in the country.

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The Innovative HR Practices Award
HSS won the innovative HR practices at the India HRD Congress. The award recognises our efforts to transcend organizational and environmental challenges to create a vibrant, value-driven workplace, with a high focus on the 4 "e"s:
1. E-mpowering - employees by providing them maximum access to key information, interfaces and resources, an ability to share their views and impact their own as well as the organization's future.
2. E-nabling - people to manage their jobs and personal transactions smoothly, speedily, efficiently and independently.
3. E-nergizing - the organization's internal environment with a positive energy in a way that makes each and every employee feel energized and charged up about life too!
4. E-ngaging - employees so that they develop a sense of bonding with the company, its values and ethos as well as its constituents.

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The CIO Award
The CIO magazine recognised our efforts leveraging Information Technology to achieve excellence in Human Resource Development through this award. Our intranet, which leverages the combined synergy, not only provides ease and efficiency to employees and managers but has also been key in spreading, building and enhancing culture, recognizing excellence, building bonds and relationships.

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Last updated : February 2, 2004