Good Employee Experience Stories from the week [May 11 – 18]

The world needs more good news! That’s why we’ve decided to gather some good Human Resources (HR) and Employee Experience (EX) stories every week to inspire you and make you feel hopeful about the future.

1. Urban Company hired over 100 grads from college like ISB, IIT even during COVID-19. (Source: Business Insider)
2. Asian Paints, Capgemini, Cognizant, and BharatPe are giving hikes to employees even after the COVID-19 crisis. (Source: Business Insider)
3. SG Analytics to increase manpower by 20% this fiscal. (Source: Economic Times)
4. Back at work employees experience a brand ‘new’ workplace. (Source: Economic Times)
5. Freelance jobs rise as firms get used to remote working. (Source: Economic Times)
6. QSR(Quick Service Restaurant) set for hiring strategy overhaul. (Source: Times of India)
7. NoBroker.com to hire more staff, give a salary hike. (Source: Economic Times)
8. Content platform Pratilipi, online gaming startup Dream 11, logistics company Delhivery, API manager Postman, and software as a service firm Whatfix are still hiring. (Source: Economic Times)
9. Companies make the shift to virtual onboarding of new hikes. (Source: Economic Times) 
10. Cybersecurity hiring turning into the top priority for companies. (Source: Economic Times)
11. CSS corp rolls out pays hikes, to hire 1000 people this quarter. (Source: Economic Times)
12. Yogi Adityanath launches Uttar Pradesh startup funds. (Source: Business Insider)
13. German Shoe brand walks out of China, sets foot in Agra. (Source: Times of India)
14. Amazon launches a virtual internship program for students. (Source: Times of India)
15. SBI employees commit additional Rs. 8 crore towards PM cares funds. (Source: Times of India)
16. HCL Technologies keeps salary, bonus intact. (Source: Economic Times)
17. JLR India enhances online sales, service set up amid COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: Economic Times)
18. Telcos reward their COVID warriors. (Source: Economic Times)
19. IIT Goa to recruit non-teaching staff. (Source: NDTV)
20. DRDO increases vacancies for scientist recruitment, to recruit engineers and scientists through GATE and NET scores. (Source: NDTV)
21. Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) announces jobs. (Source: NDTV)
22. Venture catalysts invest in 14 startups in the last 4 months. (Source: Business News This Week)

Businesses resuming operations:

1. JLR resumes production at Solihull plant in the UK after temporary suspension due to COVID-19. (Source: Economic Times)
2. Domestic Flights set to resume. (Source: Economic Times)
3. India Inc. is getting back to work. (Source: Economic Times)
4. HMSI to resume manufacturing operations from next week. (Source: Economic Times)
5. Skoda Auto Volkswagen resumes production at the Aurangabad plant. (Source: Economic Times)
6. Big Boy Toyz to enter the Kolkata market after lockdown. (Source: Times of India)

There are million stories like this that we don’t know about, but they sure deserve all our respect. If you know any such story, please share it with us. We would love to tell the world about more positive news!

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” – Lou Holtz

-by Mandeep Walia