Best IT workplaces in India

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vCustomer Corporation

Mail to friend At no. 16 on the Hewitt Best Employers in India list is a leading third-party BPO, vCustomer Services. The company's services include multi-channel support, end-to-end customer management including loyalty programmes, pre- and post sales support, helpdesk and technical support. With an employee base of over 3,000, the cornerstones of company's work culture include an Open Door Policy and Fun@Work. Your Voice (a forum where in employees can communicate directly with the company's CEO) is a big hit with the employees. The company offers customized career development programmes fostering growth through promotion programmes based on performance. Started in 1999, vCustomer Corporation is based out of Kirkland, Washington with global capability. The company caters to customers in the retail, technology, communications, media, travel and hospitality industries. << Prev | Next >>

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Paypal India

Mail to friend The next IT company on the list is global auction giant eBay-owned PayPal, ranked at no. 17th. An online payment solution provider allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. The company set up a technology development centre in India last year. Globally, Paypal has over 70 million active accounts. The company is spread across 190 markets and deals in 19 currencies around the world. Founded in 1998, the company was acquired by eBay in 2002.

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Accenture Services

Mail to friend At no. 18 on the list is the Indian operations of the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture. Among the things that makes Accenture India a part of the Hewitt's Best Employer list are programmes wherein every employee is assigned a career counsellor -- and he or she then has thousands of courses to choose from. Average training is 78 hours a year per person. Accenture also emerges as the employer of choice for women as it offers flexi-work timings, maternity returners programmes, women's mentoring programmes and celebrates international women's day. The company also figures in the list of 100 Best Companies for Working women. As part of employee development, the company sponsor programmes which encourage understanding and tolerance to all, regardless of race, age, gender, ***ual preference and faith. Accenture also runs 13 network groups for employees available in each of the 49 countries in which it operates. The company was recently in news for laying off almost half its workforce in the Philippine capital due to the effects of the global financial crisis.

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Intelenet Global Services

Mail to friend At no. 21 on the list is Mumbai-based Intelnet Global Services, a leading global third party BPO. The company has a 'co-sourcing' model with a 100% BPO focus. Its value-added services vary from customisation of processes for clients and knowledge management to the more complex, where technology becomes an enabler for enhanced performance on metrics, reporting tools and middleware. One of the largest BPO employers in India with 30 delivery centres across the globe, the company has approximately 27,000 employees. The company calls itself an Equal Opportunity Employer with its goal being to ensure that all employees are treated equally without bias to their race, religion, ***, color, age, nationality, or physical disability. The company also claims to have open employee communication channels such as Town Hall meetings, Focus Group meetings, I-Scoop, to share important organisational and industry developments. Intelenet was acquired by PE firm, Blackstone Group.

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Hewlett Packard India

Mail to friend At no. 23 on the list is the Indian subsidiary of the global IT giant Hewlett-Packard (HP). Established in 1988, India is one of the largest and most diverse sites for HP outside US. As for work culture at HP, global virtual teams share resources and pool their brain power to solve business issues and meet personal goals. The company has a 'Our Share Ownership Plan' which enables employees to buy HP shares at discounted prices. The company also has special employee volunteering programmes where they can serve the community for various causes. However, the company too is feeling tremors of the economic downturn. After recently reporting a 13 per cent drop in first-quarter profit, the world's largest PC maker announced salary cuts at all levels as a part of its cost cutting drive.