Workforce fluidity has gained momentum within PVR: Gautam Dutta, CEO, PVR
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Witnessing a crisis that has impacted every life causing interruption, disruption or devastation calls one to be more humanitarian in approach. The need of the hour is to stand with your employees and convey your intentions to safeguard their interest, shares Gautam Dutta, CEO, PVR Ltd. By Shweta Modgil The toughest time is looming for India as companies have to ensure business continuity and productive output while supporting their workers. How is PVR ensuring that? All businesses are navigating through the crisis and the multiplex industry which PVR is a part has been the hardest hit with theatres asked to close down in March and reopen only after 8 months. With zero revenue from our business never witnessed any time in the past, safeguarding our employees and their wellbeing became the topmost priority. The firm belief in such an ideology rests on the fact that an organization’s future can only be safe on continuity plans and hile the vaccines if its workers are safe. employee support schemes. are here, the war As an employee-first In an exclusive interacis yet to be won. organization, this pandemtion with us, Gautam Dutta, COVID-19 is still raging on ic’s impact on the lives of CEO, PVR Ltd. shares with in many parts of the world, our employees and their us how PVR is navigating including India. As the new families is a personal crisis the second wave and how wave of coronavirus sets more than anything. The is it bolstering employee us back one year yet again, leadership, therefore, is support systems and work organizations are gearing up to sail through the uncer- policies to support the work- channeling all its resources to support employees in force. tainty with a greater focus
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