Pune: SG Analytics, a leading research and analytics company, on Tuesday said it plans to increase its manpower by over 20 percent. The company has a workforce of over 700 employees and plans to increase it to over 800 by the fiscal end, according to a statement. During the lockdown alone, the company has onboarded over 100 professionals, across sectors like Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, ESG etc through its virtual onboarding process.
SG Analytics has been following a work-from-home policy. In order to help its workforce upskill and keep the motivation and engagement levels high, the company has leveraged the work-from-home situation by initiating organization wide self-development and training programmes. These comprise, technical, behavioral and functional trainings delivered online.
Sushant Gupta, Founder & CEO, SG Analytics, said, “The pandemic has affected us all and we have done everything we can to ensure the safety of all our employees who have been working from home since March. Even in these times of high anxiety and uncertainty, employee morale is high, and we are constantly connected through remote collaboration tools to carry on business operations, as well as to keep the engagement levels up.”
The company has committed Rs 65 lakhs, with over Rs 17 lakhs contributed by its employees towards relief efforts for the Coronavirus pandemic. SG Analytics will be resuming operations from its office premises depending on government directions.
The company is looking at a staggered return of the workforce to the office and will institute measures like regular fumigation and sanitization of premises, mounting of touchless sanitizers at key locations, social distancing, and compulsory wearing of masks in order to ensure the safety of its employees.
