Great Places to work & Their Quotients

12. Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces Business Description: Hospitality| Location: Mumbai Employees: 13,892 | Gender Ratio: 1:6.47 Workplace Quotient: The organisation has exemplary behaviour at all levels, and as a result, boasts of a culture that many try to emulate. Best Practices: The group has initiated two programmes called Speed and Speed Plus to fast-track the career aspirations of associates based on their performance over the year. Staff Room: "It is a dream place to work and has high values for internal customers, external customers, vendors and society" 13. Blue Dart Express Ltd. Business Description: Courier Services | Location: Mumbai Employees: 7,726 | Gender Ratio: 1:16.8 Workplace Quotient: Its focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives makes Blue Dart a great organisation to work for. Best Practices: The annual panel review provides a forum for discussing performance and potential, determining development activities and agreeing on a succession plan. The panel is headed by the Managing Director and facilitated by the HR Head Staff Room: "The senior management is very demanding when it comes to being professional, but at the same time they make us realise that we are in safe hands" 14. Godrej Properties Ltd. Business Description: Construction,Infrastructure and Real Estate | Location: Mumbai | Employees: 341 | Gender Ratio: 1:3.94 Workplace Quotient: Employees are committed to their roles and treat their workplace like an extension of their families. Best Practices: The company has a Bedhadak Bolo Award for employees who speak fearlessly. The award is now a key ingredient of the GPL culture. Staff Room: "There is transparency around all people practices. The open door philosophy and Bedhadak Bolo philosophy is followed to the 'T'!" 15. Claris Lifesciences Ltd. Business Description: Sterile injectable products Location: Ahmedabad Employees: 1,226 | Gender Ratio: 1:15.35 Workplace Quotient: The caring work environment is supported by robust and best practices. Best Practices: The MD and CEO periodically conduct value sessions to keep the spirit of delivery excellence and winning, alive in the staff. Staff Room: "The management shares its values with all employees, irrespective of age or seniority" 16. HT Media Ltd. Business Description: Media | Location: Delhi Employees: 2,447 | Gender Ratio: 1:3.69 Workplace Quotient: The organisation has a collaborative culture and involves employees in decisions that affect their work. Best Practices: Sessions called 'Fresh Eyes' where new recruits give feedback about their experience within the first 3 months of their joining. Staff Room: "The progress the company has made in the last few years is stupendous. I feel proud to work in a company that has accomplished so much"

17. Paypal India Pvt. Ltd. Business Description: Ecommerce | Location: Chennai Employees: 843 | Gender Ratio: 1:3.76 Workplace Quotient: Paypal breeds innovation within the organisation. Employees enjoy good work-life balance and everyone is treated equally. Best Practices: The PayPal visionary series recognises those individuals who are truly living out the PayPal vision. The winner receives $75 in their PayPal account and are eligible for a grand prize trip to any PayPal site around the globe. Staff Room: "We have an open door policy. Managers are not given offices and everyone has the freedom to walk up to someone and seek information" 18. Monsanto India Business Description: Seed brands, herbicides | Location: Mumbai Employees: 813 | Gender Ratio: 1:5.36 Workplace Quotient: Monsanto is strongly focused on corporate social responsibility, employee safety and worklife balance. Best Practices: The employee referral policy states that if the referred candidate is a woman, the referring employee would be entitled for 25% bonus over and above the referral reward. And if the candidate is physically challenged, the referring employee would be entitled for 25% bonus over and above the referral reward.