Sasken Communication Technologies: The Ups and Downs

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High Scores
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	Score	Industry Rank
Company culture creating a positive work environment	100.0	1
Encouraged to take risk in work	77.9	5
Work-life balance	90.1	7

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Low Scores


"Strongly
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Score
Industry Rank


Conducts business fairly 
91.5 
12

Top management doing enough for growth 
86.1 
12

Paid enough for the work I do 
79.5 
16
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Dream Job


"Strongly
agree"
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Score
Industry Rank


Work-life balance 
69 
2

Organization culture/ work climate 
64 
1

Technology that one is working on 
45 
1

Hari Iyer, culture officer & head (People & Support Services)

While scoring low on the HR parameters (#19), the company witnessed a fall on
the employee satisfaction parameters (#10), where it had fared well in last year's
survey. Salary continued to be an issue of dissatisfaction for the employees
(#16) though, surprisingly, Sasken redeemed itself at figure at #7 on the
appraisals front. Naturally, salary and compensation featured as the top-most
reason, with 66% citing it as the reason for leaving.

On the positive side, Sasken scored well with the employees in areas like
flexibility of office hours, work climate and organizational culture, and the
technology areas. Also, it seemed to enjoy a better image among its internal
employees than it did in the overall industry as the dream company. While
ranking #4 as the preferred employer, its position fell to #10 as the dream
company. Certainly, the time for Sasken to re-visit its HR policies.