MASKING
UNCONSCISOUS
BIASES
BRINGING THE
FACTORY CLOSER TO
MANAGEMENT
NOT JUST
ANYBUDDY
Tasty Bite Eatables Limited
has initiated an ‘All Hands
Day’ campaign wherein all
employees of the organisation
involve themselves in the
Manufacturing activity. This
practice extends all the way
up to Senior Executives and
top management, helping
them understand the various
activities in the factory. They
are allocated different areas of
semi-skilled and skilled work
and are supervised by a factory
worker. Through this practice,
several inputs regarding
wastage, productivity, and
safety are shared around the
organisation. Ultimately, the
factory workers feel closer
to the top management
and a sense of belonging is
established across functions
and hierarchies.
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Indus Towers has given
a new meaning to the Buddy
Program and much thought has
been put while designing the
same. An important pillar in
welcoming the new employees,
the program is aimed to foster
a culture of friendship and
is not limited to knowledge
sharing. The buddies are
carefully chosen post Self
and Leadership nominations
from across locations; the idea
is to choose employees who
have a sense of connect and
empathy and genuinely want
to be buddies. Through the
Buddy Program Workshop,
they are trained and educated
on various subjects to act as
culture guides for the new
joinees and ensure consistency.
A Buddy Effectiveness
Survey was launched as well
to measure the impact and
usefulness of the practice; it
was found that early attrition
had remained stable and co-
working had enhanced.
| Vol. 9 Issue 6 • Sep-Oct 2018, Noida / Pre-Event Edition
Great workplaces strive
towards implementing
practices that eliminate gender
discrimination. Vodafone India
Ltd. gives priority to gender
diversity and has designed its
hiring practice in a manner
that enables them to look out
for any unconscious gender
biases while recruiting. In
the CV Masking practice, the
gender of the candidate is
masked while the CV is shared
with the hiring manager. This
ensures that candidates are
shortlisted purely on the basis
of skill, critical experience,
and achievements and do
not get rejected at the initial
shortlisting stage owing to
inherent gender biases, if any.