FreeCharge named 3rd amongst India’s best start ups to work for, reveals a survey

FreeCharge, an online platform for recharge, utility payments, promotions and couponing has been ranked as the 3rd most preferred start-ups to work for in India in a survey conducted by YourStory, which ran over a period of two months. The 5000+ responses mentioned over 63 unique start-ups amongst which Freecharge was in the Top 5.

The company has overall strength of 180 employees across offices present in Mumbai and Bangalore. FreeCharge has a rigorous selection procedure and firmly believes in Creativity, Trust, Curiosity and Liberty. While academic background play a role in the initial shortlisting but is not a considered as a bottleneck for the right candidates. “FreeCharge”, as the name buzzes with energy and zest, has a bunch of people wearing different hats and projecting creativity through building a seamless user experience. The company has the most diverse set of people working together, from musicians to game designers to behavioural engineers to ex - entrepreneurs.

To strengthen the core belief, ‘people are valuable’, the company has some interesting policies in place for the existing and prospective employees:

Interesting HR Practices:

POCE (Post Offer Candidate Engagement)- The program aims to help candidates build a connect with FreeCharge from the time they accept the offer. The POCE program offers a platform for candidates to interact, integrate, and get access to workplace culture, norms, role expectation and kick start an amazing beginning of their career.

First surprise for being a part of FreeCharge Candidates who accept the offer get their laptop as the first surprise from FreeCharge, even before the formal joining.

Employee Referral Tool- To ensure interest amongst employees for referrals FreeCharge has adopted an employee referral tool which has gamified the referral system for employees.

Bugathon- The employees evaluate the product as a customer. This showcases the collaborative culture where the employees themselves are the biggest critic of the product.

Speaking on the recognition, Kunal Shah, ‎Founder & CEO, said, “This is a great honour. Our ranking is testament of our employee focus and countersigns our core belief, ‘people are valuable’ which helps us create employee friendly policies for an awesome culture we have. We at FreeCharge welcome people with appetite for experimentation who can expand their wings and soar through the imagination to build a great product!”