More opportunities await startup employees in 2018

BENGALURU: Employees at Jombay have something to look forward to in the New Year: an opportunity to get skip-level promotions. Employees can volunteer to be put through an extensive six-month learning and development programme. They will be taken through case studies, role-playing sessions and mentoring from senior board members, who will identify the gaps in their leadership abilities and advise them on how to plug those.
“At the end of six months, we will shortlist those who have the potential to take on higher responsibility and give them skiplevel promotions,” said Mohit Gundecha, cofounder of the Pune-based talent assessment and capability building company.
The year 2018 promises to be a busy one as startups like Jombay, Jabong, Doctor Insta, NoBroker, ShareChat and Razorpay look to up the ante on their learning and development agendas. Plans include teaching emerging technologies, developing strong capabilities to lead teams, driving multi-functional skillsets and rolling out bite-sized learning modules.