Hughes Software Systems featured in the Top 25 in the Businessworld - Grow Talent Great Place to Work survey.
Around 120 companies participated in this five month long survey which was released on 25 August 2003. The survey conducted by Delhi-based Grow Talent company - a division of the US-based Great Place to Work Institute Inc.

The participating companies had to go through the same rigorous methodology followed in the rest of the world. Grow Talent first administered the Great Place To Work Culture Audit. The firms had to answer searching questions on what they had done to create a climate of "trust", "pride" and "camaraderie" - the three cornerstones of great workplaces. A team of evaluators from Grow Talent, led by Tushar Makkar, head of brand management, then reviewed these responses.

Simultaneously, a randomly selected sample of employees responded to the Great Places to Work Trust Index questionnaire. It comprises a battery of 58 statements on a 5-point scale. Respondents were also asked to give qualitative feedback on why they considered their organization a great workplace and what would help it to get better. The scores and the qualitative comments were then evaluated by the Grow Talent team.

Robert Livering, the founder of the Great Place to Work Institute Inc, has been quoted as saying: "The most important issue in a great workplace is the quality of the relationship between the employees and the management."

Unlike other HR surveys that tend to consider benefits and facilities mostly from an employer's standpoint, the Great Place to Work model lays more emphasis on what employees have to say about their workplaces. In the end, employee satisfaction flows from a simple precept: If you trust the people you work with, have pride in what you do and like the people you work with, you will find your organization a Great Place to Work. In a way, that's the essence of the Great Places to Work survey.

Hughes Software Systems - Keeping them engaged
by M. Rajshekhar & Shweta Verma
source: http://www.businessworldindia.com/sep01/cover_no18.asp

Last updated : October 25, 2006