Telenor Pakistan Has Introduced An Employee Empowering Work Model
Telenor Pakistan Has Introduced An Employee Empowering Work Model: Mobile phone access in Pakistan is on a climax when everyone is seen carrying a cellular device these days. Telenor is one of the largest mobile operators in the world with 180 million mobile subscriptions. Telenor covers more than 3,500 cities and towns throughout Pakistan. Telenor Pakistan is the second largest mobile operator of Pakistan with a subscriber base of over 36 million has formed the basic digital infrastructure providing information sourcing and online services while connecting people.
In 2009 Telenor started mobile financial services project of branchless banking service “Easypaisa”. Telenor Pakistan has been developing services that empower masses like the farmers in Pakistan through Khushaal Zamindaar 7272 and Khushaal Aangan. It gives information to improve yields, income and overall GDP of the country. Telenor is providing basic Birth Registration service, which is the right of every Pakistani, through their mobile device.
Recently, Telenor Pakistan has announced a work model where employees are empowered to take charge of their work timings and performance on their own. They can decide their work hours among themselves as per their project needs. Telenor initiatives aims at making the corporate sector comfy for females employees who might take a break for any reason in their domestic life, be it getting married or starting a family. They have to their credit successful projects of Naya Aaghaaz for females and Youth Empowerment Forum.
Activate, is an innovative idea where employees can take a month off from their usual work routine to re-invent their way of thinking.
Ignite is an internal platform within Telenor Group that incubates and funds its employee’s entrepreneurial ideas.
Velocity has been introduced as an accelerator program that helps start-ups scale their businesses.
According to Telenor Pakistan, their hierarchical structure allows to walk straight to the CEO if you need a quick approval at work. The core values, in the fast paced industry of telecom, with an urge to explore are what drive Telenor employees and the work they do all day long.
Telenor Pakistan has been presented with the “Best Place to Work Award” by Pakistan’s HR associations and the Best Practices Award, presented by the Data Warehousing Institute.