Godfrey Phillips India again bags title of Best Companies to Work For in 2020

PTI, Jun 22, 2020, 2:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Godfrey Phillips India has once again been recognized as amongst the top 50 India’s Best Companies to Work For 2020, an annual ranking of companies with exceptional people practices and workplace cultures.

Godfrey Phillips India participated for the second year and received a ranking of 29th, improving over the 37th position last year.

Bhisham Wadhera, CEO, Godfrey Phillips India Limited, expressed “GPI has always kept people as the core of all our business strategies. Our belief has not only been vigorously endorsed by our employees reflected in extremely high scores in employee engagement but being recognized with such a prestigious honour is a validation. This integral value helped us during the pandemic lockdown too, where we not only retained all our employees, we supported them, kept the team reassured, motivated and together. We put the safety and security of our employees before everything and our employees, who felt safe, reciprocated by innovating, adapting, and going out of their way to enable business continuity. ”

Expressing his delight at the honour, Rajesh Mehrotra, CHRO, Godfrey Phillips India Limited, said, “We are elated on receiving the Best Companies to Work for recognition for the second year in a row. The recognition is a reflection of the effort GPI puts in its people first approach and a culture that intrinsically supports it. It is our belief that a strong culture is tested best during a crisis and the pandemic proved to us that we are truly united in our purpose. We are getting over these challenging times and this recognition is a validation of the substantial efforts we have made to be a People First organisation.”

Every year, more than 10,000 organizations from over 60 countries partner with Great Place to Work® Institute for assessment, benchmarking and planning actions to strengthen their workplace culture. In India, more than 1000 plus organizations applied to Great Place to Work® Institute to undertake the assessment this year.