Permanent work-from-anywhere policy adopted by Swiggy for employees

Bengaluru: A permanent work-from-anywhere has been announced by Swiggy, an on-demand delivery platform, on Friday for the majority of its employees.

The company said in a statement that the decision was based on the needs of the team and feedback from several managers and employees who have vouched for the flexibility and increased productivity of working from home over the past two years.

Under the new policy, the corporate, central business functions and technology teams will continue to work remotely and converge once every quarter at their base location for a week to promote in-person bonding.

Employees in partner-facing roles are however required to work from the office for a few days a week from their base locations.

"Our focus is to enable employees with as much flexibility in their work life within the contours of their job. We observed global and local talent trends while also having our ears to the ground listening to the pulse of employees, managers and leaders. This led us to introducing a work from anywhere as a permanent option for employees giving them the convenience of flexible cycles of work and leisure wherever they may be," said Girish Menon, HR Head at Swiggy, in the statement.

"We will continue to actively invest in reimagining employee experience, innovations in work and workplace experience to build a truly remote-first organisation," Menon said.

Right now, Swiggsters operates from 487 cities in 27 states and four union territories across the country. As of 2020, Swiggy is one of the first few organizations in the startup space to operate on a flexible working model for employees based on the nature of their work.

With inputs from IANS