As the business environment becomes more volatile, disruptive, and complex, an organization’s ability to adapt to change becomes directly proportional to its ability to hire the right people. Acquiring the right talent today is one of the most important things that drives organizational growth.

That being said, it is hard to ignore that in a tight talent market and high attrition levels, recruiting and retaining the right talent becomes an uphill exercise. The need to build high-performing, innovative, and high-velocity teams is fuelling the talent wars across industries and putting talent in the position to call the shots.

In this environment, organizations need to look at their organizational environment and assess whether they are the kind of enterprise that people want to work in.

Our company has been on a growth spree and has been actively recruiting candidates to fill some critical positions. Our hiring team uses multiple resources to identify and recruit the right candidate. 

However, almost 41% of the employees who have joined us are employee referrals. 

This was a clear sign that not only was our employee referral program a great success and that, clearly, we were doing something right. It was also a testament that our employees were fulfilled enough to now be our strongest advocates. 

Here are some of the reasons we believe why enreap employees are happy to refer their friends:

An empathetic, equitable, enabling, and value-driven culture

The company culture at enreap is steeped in a deep sense of values. Empathy, equity, and ensuring that our employees get a work environment where they are supported has been our foremost objective. 

We recognize the unique challenges and work to create systems and structures that foster diversity and inclusion across all our teams. Our employees have the space to experiment, make mistakes and take chances. 

Strong mentoring programs, leadership access, and manager support ensure that our employees are always supported and develop a strong sense of belonging. 

Read: Relationships is one of our core values – here is what it means to us

Robust career pathing and leadership development 

enreap recognizes that today employees want to work in organizations that are truly invested in their career and professional development. As such, we have worked consciously to create an environment that actively identifies high-potential employees and sets them on an accelerated growth path. 

Strong learning and development programs, training, and mentoring, are some of the ways we help our employees stay on their chosen growth paths. Along with this, we also offer our employees the flexibility of changing their career paths and provide them with the support, guidance, and training to prepare them for success.

Read: Career pathing at enreap

Our strong leadership development programs are also another big point of attraction for our employees. Curated programs that help employees target specific growth areas and help them grow as leaders have been well-appreciated by our employees. 

Additionally, our Emerging Leader Program (ELP) operates as a platform for emerging leaders from within our organization. It creates opportunities for them to engage with leaders from other organizations across industries and develop a stronger, and more mature, leadership vocabulary. 

Read: The culture of leadership development at enreap – 7 things we do differently

Collaborative work environment 

We have consciously worked to create systems and processes that boost collaboration and innovation. However, we have recognized that creating such an environment extends beyond the technology investments and expands into the human aspect. We might be a technology company, but we are a people business, run by the people, for the people. 

As such, we have tried to build a truly boundary-less, diverse, and inclusive organization that encourages its employees to bring different perspectives, ideas, and expertise to the table to drive innovation.

We deliver enablement at work be it in the form of technology, mentoring, training, learning and development programs, or cross-functional exposure, and prepare our teams for success. 

Leadership and manager support and an atmosphere of patience, empathy, and humility invite people to join the conversation, speak their minds, and collaborate easily.

Read: How employees are recognised and appreciated at enreap

Cross-functional exposure and career growth

Our employees have the freedom to be the captains of their career ship. Our teams have a diversity of thoughts and ideas, knowledge, and experience. We have also created systems that allow teams to seek cross-functional opportunities and use their skills and knowledge in projects that interest them.

Cross-functional job postings are also not uncommon at enreap. The company is highly focused on driving employee growth and ensuring that tenure doesn’t trump talent. Our employees know that high performance and the right behavioral attitudes can fast-track careers easily. 

We don’t do work-life balance 

We don’t stand for work-life balance. We realize that this term pits two very important aspects against each other. We do not want our employees to feel that work and life are at odds with each other. 

What we offer, instead, is work-life integration. This approach allows our employees to efficiently coordinate work schedules and personal responsibilities and gives them the flexibility and space to identify ways to help the two co-exist peacefully. Our employees can give equitable attention to all aspects of their lives, without sacrificing one for the other. 

This approach has been appreciated immensely by our employees as it enables them to bring their full selves to work and removes the guilt that most employees feel when they need to address personal responsibilities. 

Our people are our greatest strengths. We live this statement every day. We believe that we have our employees to thank for helping us create a thriving work environment that allows people to do their best work. While building a great place to work takes intentional effort, we know that the steps we are taking are the right ones when our employees become our strongest advocates.