Virtusa recognised with top British, Asian HR awards
View(s):With a workforce of 7,000 globally, of which 86 per cent are Millennials, a.k.a. Gen Yers, and the rest are Gen Xers and Baby Boomers, IT firm Virtusa has, to get the best out of employees, focused on employee engagement in conjunction with leveraging th inherent strengths of each of these unique groups. This mindset has, according to the company, contributed to its recent string of HR successes, including being recognised as one of Britain’s Top Employers for the third consecutive year, and the recipient of both Asia’s Best Employer award and the Golden Peacock award for HR excellence.
“Millennials demand instant gratification, constant connectivity, expects job mobility and values training and development as the highest employee benefit. Whilst Gen X is realistic and skeptical, has a strong entrepreneurial spirit and values work-life balance. Baby Boomers conversely are optimistic, driven, relish long work weeks and define themselves by their accomplishments”, commented Sundararajan Narayanan, Vice President and Global Head of HR at Virtusa, who was quoted in a statement issued by the company following its receipt of these recent HR achievements.
Further, Mr. Narayan also opined; “The essence of engagement is to understand who you are talking to and what drives them to excel… For instance, Millennials have varying expectations of how services should be delivered and the way they interact is different compared to Baby Boomers and Gen X. Millennials, with their tech savvy approach and networking mindset, expect to be technologically enabled at all times and rely on social networks for guidance and opinions. Baby Boomers, on the other hand are often referred to as technophobes, largely reluctant to use technology to communicate and prefer to discuss issues in person, while Gen X embraces technology as a way of life”.