When executives, Kunal and Ritika, fell in love while working for a city-based BPO they sought help from their HR executive to solve their work and personal life pressures.
HR managers and even bosses of Ahmedabad-based BPO and KPO firms are increasingly getting involved in solving personal issues of their employees or subordinates. These include dealing with depression, office misbehaviour, family issues and office romance.
"We have a lot of young people working with our organisation and hence, chances of them falling in love naturally exist. When we do catch such cupid-pulse rates, we confront them merely to ensure that their relationship does not hinder our business or their professional lives. We have had some great examples in the past and even recently, where our employees have fallen in love and got married and continue to work with us. It is a great feeling for sure," says Parul Mehta, founder of Motif.
HR vice-president of Qx Limited, Vishali Nair, who is currently dealing with two such cases agrees, with this. Nair said, "They fell in love while working within the same team. So we helped them, while ensuring that our professional set-up and company policies don't get affected. We ensured that while they are about to get married, their departments or teams were different so that other employees don't get the feeling of us being biased. Moreover, we also intend to rope in a counsellor to solve family issues and cases of depression."
A professional from a finance firm said that the current structure of organisations has changed. Since most firms deal with people in the age group of 25-30 years, mentoring them while solving their personal issues and handling office romance is the need of the hour.
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