HCL’s top performing employees to get Mercedes-Benz

HCL Technologies is planning to reward top performers with a brand new Mercedes-Benz. A report states that a proposal in this regard has been moved before the company’s board and once it is approved, the top performers could soon drive home a luxurious Mercedes-Benz.

Although this concept isn’t new as the company had a similar idea in 2013. The company had then distributed 50 Mercedes Benz cars to top performers. The practice was discontinued later.

Apparao VV, the Chief Human Resources Officer, said that the company pays 15 to 20 percent extra at the time of hiring a replacement and added that the company is actively taking part in skilling the workforce.

Times of India quoted him saying, “If you need a Java developer you will get them at the same price point. But a cloud professional can’t be hired at the same price point,”

HCL Technologies is planning to hire 22,000 freshers in the current financial year, compared to 15,600 last year.

HCL Technologies was founded in 1976 by Shiv Nadar who stepped down as the MD and Director of the company recently. He will now take on the role of Chairman Emeritus and Strategic Advisor to the company’s board.

The company is credited with the first ‘Made in India’ IT product innovations with the first 8-bit microprocessor-based computer in 1978 and the world’s first fine-grained multi-processor UNIX installation in 1989, among others.