Life at Persistent
Come, explore Persistent…
Abundant opportunities, pleasant work culture and a remarkable group of people are some of the things that truly exemplify Persistent.
Culture
“People are our greatest asset” is much more than an adage for us.
“People come first” is an emotion experienced by every Persistentian.
We make working at Persistent an enjoyable experience by providing a correct balance between work and fun. Informal wear and vibrant weekends mixed with a sense of teamwork are inculcated from the very beginning. Our initiatives such as skip levels, one–on-one’s or HR meetings with employees encourage feedback at all levels. The feedback received is then converted into an actionable, ensuring employee satisfaction. Our open-minded approach in all our endeavors is aimed at bringing out the best in you. We have a fair, transparent and a straight-forward atmosphere that decides any position solitarily on grounds of merit and not on any extraneous factors.
We, at Persistent, strive to provide an environment that is stimulating with high levels of motivation, empowerment and recognition, removing obstacles that hinder creativity. Ours is an energized atmosphere where we share successes while setting new standards of excellence.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Persistent has an ongoing commitment to an affirmative action and the creation of a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. It is the policy of the company to select the best qualified people for each position in the organization. The company recruits, hires, trains and promotes individuals in all job titles regardless of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, sex, physical or mental disability. At Persistent, we are committed to a fair and equitable workplace where everyone is a respected and valued member of the team.
Employee Empowerment
Persistent truly believes in employee empowerment and our endeavor is to make the organization a ‘second home', where every employee feels relaxed yet motivated to contribute and grow. Our various internal feedback mechanisms give every one an opportunity to voice their opinion and comment. The feedback gathered is assessed and issues raised are addressed.
Role Based Organization
The role based organization is expected to add value to both business and people processes. From a business point of view it provides for an efficient and strongly interlinked team structure which if efficiently managed can result in increased productivity. Additionally, it provides a platform to enable the organization to move up the value chain of customers it services. From the people process point of view, it helps by providing role clarity and career possibilities with robust organization support systems to help enable it.
A role based organization effectively provides for:
- Articulation of different roles in the organization – role accountability
- Consistency of role definitions across the organization
- Effective talent deployment and infusion
- Managing individual aspirations of employees
- Systematizing people processes
- Fueling growth based organization effectively, therefore provides for
- Building
- Enabling creation of higher value business models.
A role based organization is essentially one where the organization is structured according to roles required to fulfill the business requirements. Each role has certain accountabilities and these accountabilities require a unique set of competencies to fulfill them. This role and competency framework then provides the basis for the entire hiring, performance management, training, development and the career development needs of the organization. At Persistent, we have identified and aligned the roles in a structure suiting our business needs. Depending on the career plans made by an employee and the manager, employees perform roles aligned to their capabilities, aspirations and business needs.
Robust Reward Program
We encourage ‘quality’ and ‘merit’ and recognize it through our reward and recognition program. The idea is to foster individual growth, both at the personal level, as part of a team and the organizational level at large.
Our unique reward program is pragmatic yet idealist as it endeavors to live up to the overall vision of the organization.
Long Services Award
We, at Persistent, take pride in recognizing our long serving colleagues. They are a major force behind our success. We recognize their contribution through a comprehensive reward program – from 5 years to 15 years of service at Persistent.
Benefits
The governing theme in our organization is the well being of employees. The benefits we offer them are on par with the best available. We have a comprehensive medical assistance program that covers the entire gamut of medical expenses for the employee and employee’s family. Every employee’s growth in the company will be complemented by self-development. Our educational assistance plan offers all encouragement in pursuing the course of your interest
Higher Education Encouragement
Our leave policy includes a sabbatical to pursue higher studies related to the profession. In addition, higher education is also sponsored and leave during the period is taken as continuous employment. Upon rejoining, a fitment procedure to do justice to the acquired education, is carried out.
Our responsibility towards new employees doesn’t stop at salaries and compensation alone. We offer all possible help to facilitate their settling down. We provide loans mainly intended to cover housing deposit or reallocation expenses incurred. We also provide contingency loans for marriage, illness or death of a close family member.
As a part of employee empowerment, we offer stock options to deserving employees. The Persistent Employee Stock Option Plan allows us to make employees share with us the rewards of success.
Monetary benefits apart, we take interest in the personal well being of our employees. We have a facility wherein your domestic chores will be taken care of through an external agency, ensuring that with us you don’t need to worry about all those boring routines like payment of bills, personal travel bookings, etc. Not to forget, we also provide shuttle services to our development centers. Large cafeterias are available where lunch and snacks are free of cost for each employee. All these are in addition to a host of deferred benefits like provident fund, gratuity and pension plan.
Facilities
Employees form the core of our organization and we take effort to provide them with the very best. At Persistent, we have a doctor, nutritionist and a wellness consultant visiting the campuses on a regular basis. Helpdesks are also arranged on bank, insurance and tax planning fore the employees.
Talent Appreciation
Life here at Persistent is brimming with events where employees can pursue their interests in areas as varied as arts, culture or sports. The objective is to ensure that employees are not confined to their desks. Employees express their various skills and interests through in-house developed pool of talents and exhibit their skills through various forums provided. Persistent Art Circle, fondly coined as PAC and Persistent Sports Committee (PSC), together provide various opportunities for employees to showcase their talents. Recreational activities are encouraged and employees burn those extra calories in the in-house gymnasium.
PAC is the base organization that hosts cultural programs for Persistentians. Each event emphasizes a specific area like music, dance or a quiz. These programs are generally not competitive, but a competitive element is sometimes added to enhance enthusiasm and to bring out the best in our people. Under PAC, there are sub groups like the PAC Classical (the classical music club). There are tie-ups with products and service companies in categories like food, clothing, accessories, health and entertainment centers and the discounts are passed on to all our employees and their family members.
Life rocks at Persistent!