Clean job exit taken seriously by employees, companies: Survey

New Delhi: A professional and clean exit is being taken seriously by employees as well as managements across all industries in the country, according to a survey by staffing firm TeamLease.

Around 92 per cent of Indians across all industries and cities believe exit policies should be taken seriously and given lot of importance. While Bangalore and Chennai top the list with 99 per cent, employees in Mumbai did not care much, the TeamLease survey said.

"Employees are recognising that the labour markets are a small place and ungraceful exits come back with compound interest later. Adherence to a professional and clean exit is increasingly being seen amongst the work force today," Surabhi Mathur Gandhi, Senior Vice-President, IT Sourcing, TeamLease Services, said.

The survey titled 'Impactful exits' noted that companies are giving increased importance to relieving letter as 23 per cent of companies surveyed said they do not proceed with employment due to unavailability of relieving letter.
"But we don't anticipate relieving certificates becoming a deal breaker for new employers until the skill crisis eases," Gandhi added.

According to the study, better prospects and salary hike motivated employees to quit the incumbent organisation. However, one third of the employees surveyed said they would re-join their organisation if given an opportunity.
Further, according to the study majority of the companies, including the Silicon Valley of India Bangalore, still favour manual exit interviews over online, emphasising the reliance on face-to-face interactions.

Around 78 per cent of employees stressed on having longer notice periods for the company, helping the employees to complete pending work as well as the companies to contract the right candidate.

The survey covered employees in the 8 major cities namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.

The study covered 800 respondents whose profile ranged between the age group of 21-45 years across industries; and functions of sales, marketing, business development, operations, finance, admin/HR, systems (IT) and others.

Many Indians willing to go overseas even for 10 percentage hike: Survey

New Delhi: More than a quarter of employees in India are willing to relocate overseas for two to three years even if they get a 10 per cent pay hike, says a survey.
     
"About 28 per cent of employees in India strongly desire to relocate overseas for a full-time job for two to three years with a 10 per cent pay increase and another 39 per cent would consider the option given an opportunity," according to the survey by research firm Ipsos.
     
Further, 27 per cent Indian employees say they are "very likely" to relocate to another city in India if they were offered a full-time job opportunity in the near future, for a minimum of two years with at least a 10 per cent pay raise and all moving expenses covered.
     
Besides, another 48 per cent of respondents are "somewhat likely" to consider the option of relocation within India.
     
The main reasons for employees to relocate abroad include better pay, better living conditions, a good career move to get international experience and a new adventure.
     
"It is interesting to observe that employees from developed countries like Sweden, USA, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, and France are least likely to relocate compared to employees in developing countries like Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Turkey and India," Ipsos India Head (Marketing Communications) Biswarup Banerjee said.
     
"This clearly indicates that employees in developed countries still believe their national economy will rebound strongly and provide them enough good job opportunities to grow in future," he added.
     
The survey, conducted among 12,907 employees in 24 countries, said that 19 per cent of respondents globally would 'very likely' take a full-time job in another country for two to three years with a 10 per cent pay increase.
     
Those most likely to say they would relocate internationally were from Mexico (34 per cent), Brazil (32 per cent), Russia (31 per cent) and Turkey (31 per cent), the survey said.