India, 23rd June, 2021: India’s largest provider of security, facility management and cash logistics services, SIS Ltd, has been ranked 31st amongst Best Companies to Work in India by the independent research and consulting firm, Great Place to Work® (GPTW). The recognition is a testimony of SIS Ltd’s unrelenting support towards its employees during the most uncertain and challenging times.
SIS provided their employees with customised training to adapt and provide services in the most vulnerable environment over the past 15 months. Serving over 19000 sites across 670 districts in the country, the frontline workers of SIS continued to tirelessly support critical infrastructure especially the over-burdened healthcare facilities in the country. With a workforce of 2.3 lakh employees, the company has been extending support to over 400 healthcare facilities with security, hygiene, and sanitization frontline staff. SIS has always set industry benchmarks in instituting welfare measures for its employees and their people first policy has been crucial for their market leadership. SIS customers have applauded their resolute services during the past year and underlying this is the strong sense of loyalty and determination among our employees.
With possibly the highest number of employees in the essential services category, SIS continues to stand besides its frontline workers, creating thousands of new employment opportunities and livelihoods every year, ensuring physical and mental wellbeing of employees & their family members through various support initiatives. SIS personnel together at the frontline have been endlessly ensuring that necessary steps are taken to minimise the spread of the infection and securing safety of the society at large.
Delighted by this achievement, Mr Rituraj Sinha, Group Managing Director, SIS Ltd said “The last fifteen months have been tough for all businesses, individuals and for the Nation as well. This period of covid crisis particularly in the second wave has also underlined the vital role that a strong organisational culture and value system plays when confronted with adversity for extended periods. Our core values that are trust, people focus and service spirit has have been tested like never before. As India’s largest essential services provider, we have strived not only to stand by our customers but also to look after our employees who have played the part of true Corona Worriers. This recognition inspires us to continue to put people first and aspire to relentlessly become the best employer of all time.”
SIS completed inoculating more than 1,50,000 employees of its 2,30,000 workforce through Humare Heroes Vaccination Drive (HHVD) launched on 1st May 2021 within a record timeframe of 45 days. The company has also pledged over Rs 10 crores to a covid welfare fund to assist and provide employees with a safety net during the second wave of the pandemic as these essential workers continue to assist customers in locations including high-risk sites such as hospitals, path labs, quarantine centres, among other segments. Additionally, setting up SOS groups in 20 cities for ambulatory services and medical assistance, offering 24*7 employee helpline services, SIS has been making sure the employees have access to any medical & non-medical assistance during this time of crisis.
Great Place to Work® Certification is considered the gold standard for defining great workplaces across business, academia and government organizations. With a rigorous and objective methodology of employee survey and people practices assessment, this certification represents the most definitive employer-of-choice and workplace quality recognition that any organisation can receive.