HR CORNER
We focus on providing training to our employees, which includes civil training, mechanical training, electrical, electronic and instrumentation training, safety training, fabrication programs and training on execution of oil and gas projects. Further, in addition to technical training, we also conduct orientation programmes for new employees, development programmes for junior and middle management, and soft-skill training. In the Financial Year 2023, we recorded 111,089 man hours of training, thus averaging 3.5 man days of training per employee.
We aim for all of our employees to share “Afcons’s vision, mission and values” and the following initiatives are aimed at achieving this goal:
- Involving employees in community development initiatives
- Anubandh, a monthly e-newsletter with articles by project managers, team members, management, and employee stories
- A “wall of unity” at our site offices with handprints of employees
- Employee engagement activities such as sports events, singing competitions and marathons.
- Site visits by our management team, through which our management team conveys our Company’s long term goals, helping our employees understanding the strategic objectives of our Company
- We have also streamlined the functioning of our human resources department through several initiatives, including:
- Digitising personnel records
- Digitising the recruitment process
- Establishing an e-onboarding portal
- Digitising payroll management
- Robust enterprise resource planning software for human resources functions
Awards
| Calendar year | Awards and accreditations |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Top 15 places to work in India (mid-sized category) awarded by Ambition Box |
| 2021 | Dream Employer of the Year, World HRD Congress |
| 2021 | Dream Companies to Work (Oil & Gas Sector), World HRD Congress |
| 2020 | Best Employer in Bhutan, 14th Employer Branding Awards |
| 2019 | Best Employer Brand (Africa), World HRD Congress |
| 2018 | Great Place to Work, Great Place to Work Institute |
We Celebrate Diversity
Afcons is a transnational organisation, with our projects spread in over 20 countries across Asia, Africa, and, the Middle East. Over the years, we have employed people from over 35 nationalities at our project sites.
- Country diversity: Our businesses are spread across infrastructure construction activities across the globe
- Workforce diversity: At our foreign sites, local workforce comprises about half the total strength
- Cultural diversity: We train our employees to adapt to local conditions, understand laws and policies and learn new cultures and languages
- Gender diversity: The workforce at the corporate office comprises 40% women
Trivia
Afcons has bagged the award for Best Employer in the Construction Sector from the Government of Gabon in 2016, 2017
Grow with us
Key Afconians are selectively deputed to overseas projects as part of strategic postings. The employees gain global experience and are provided opportunities to inculcate the learnings when they return to India. These learnings are also captured by our Knowledge Management team and the experiences are shared with other employees through classroom-at-site initiatives. We identify high-potential star performers every year, and, they’re given opportunities to explore leadership positions in projects. They are provided adequate support for progression through guided learning and development initiatives.