Funds
climbed from No. 7 to No. 4 in ranking this year scoring fairly high on
virtually every parameter. This was particularly commendable, since the New
Jersey controversy that started off with eFunds seems to have had no impact on
employee morale. Not only did the highest number of employees (68%) endorse
eFunds as their preferred employer, the highest number of respondents in the
survey labeled it as their dream company. More than 91% of its employees said
they looked at a long-term career in the company.
The people management, training and appraisal systems seemed
to be the strong points for eFunds. More than 88% endorsed the company's
leadership, while more than 94% felt they were getting regular and constructive
feedback from their manager/superior. At least 88% of the employees felt that
the managers genuinely cared about the employees' professional and personal
growth and encourage them to speak freely at meetings.
Reasons |
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 | Score | Industry  Ranks |
“Strongly agree” |
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Good work environment | 80 | 4 |
High growth opportunity |
74 | 3 |
Good benefits | 74 | 1 |
Though 80% of the employees were satisfied with the quality
of training, more than 88% felt that this training genuinely helped them in
their profession. More than 91% of the employees had a sense of belonging to the
company-quite natural considering the good company image eFunds has managed to
build amongst its employees. No wonder then, that a particularly high 97% felt
that the work they do adds value to the company and contributes to its growth.
Employees are happy about job content too-more than 88% are excited about the
work they handle and 91% plus by the process they look after.
Reasons |
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       | Score | Industry  Ranks |
“Strongly agree” |
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For higher education | 40 | 3 |
Salary | 37 | 10 |
No growth opportunity | 34 | 10 |
However, this should not imply that eFunds does not have any
drawbacks. It trips somehow on questions of employee empowerment-only 38% felt
they are encouraged to take risks in their work, while 65% had freedom to take
decisions on their own related to work. There can be some contradiction here as
88% felt that their opinion mattered in the company. Salary is another sore
point, as only 62% felt they were paid enough for the work they do, while only
54% are happy with the salary hikes they got.
Reasons |
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 | Score | Industry  Ranks |
“Strongly agree” |
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Call volume/ Number of calls | 40 | 3 |
Travel time | 29 | 8 |
Repetitive nature of work | 14 | 13 |
Considering its size, another brownie point for eFunds was
that 65% claimed the job was not stressful. Only 20% had sleeping disorders-the
lowest in the industry. Seems the company's claim that it has the highest
capacity utilization in the industry is indeed true-naturally that means every
employee has reduced working hours.
Type of illnesses |
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       | Score | Industry  Ranks |
Sleeping disorder | 20 | 13 |
Digestive system related disorder | 14 | 13 |
Voice loss | 9 | 6 |
What |
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I look forward to every day's work |
94% |
I feel my opinion matters in this company |
88% |
This company behaves in a very professional manner with employees |
97% |
I am very excited by the process I am working on |
91% |
People are treated fairly regardless of age, caste or religion |
97% |