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Telkomsel named The Best Company to Work For in Asia 2021
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(Courtesy of Telkomsel)
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eading digital telecommunications company Telkomsel, a subsidiary of state-owned communications company PT Telkom Indonesia, has won The Best Company to Work For in Asia 2021 from HR Asia, a global magazine serving as a source of information on human resources practices and trends.
Telkomsel said in a statement in Jakarta recently that the company had won a similar award in 2017.
Telkomsel managed to outrank 250 companies from Indonesia and a number of participants from other countries.
Telkomsel’s Human Capital Experience Management Vice President Andry Ferdiansyah accepted the award in an online award presentation ceremony, organized by Singapore’s Business Media International (BMI), one of the leading business media companies in Asia, on Sept. 8.
In assessing the nominees, the judges put much emphasis on Telkom’s strategic initiatives, especially developing employee engagement during the pandemic to enhance their productivity. Apart from that, they noted Telkomsel’s employer branding strategy to attract the best digital talent to the company.
Telkomsel expressed hope that the award could add to its motivation to maintain its reputation as the best company to work for based on moral values.
That way, employees could make the best possible contributions to the company and the Indonesian people, it said.
The event gave the largest and most prestigious award in employee engagement and company excellence, with more than 300 company participants involving 2 million respondents across industries and regions.
Telkomsel was one of the 46 winners from Indonesia in different categories, including banking, insurance, finance, retail, service, manufacturing and natural resource management.
Nominees came from 11 locales, namely Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The assessment was carried out using the Total Engagement Assessment Mode (TEAM) which covers three aspects, namely Core, which conisists of leadership, culture, ethics and corporate initiatives; Self, which consists of emotional involvement, motivation, behavior and advocacy; and Group, comprised of collective awareness, workplace sentiment and team dynamics.
The mechanism of HR Asia Best Companies to Work For in Asia 2021 covers four stages that nominated companies should go through.
First is the submission of nominees. The nominated companies were required to complete the organizational details and submit the nomination form by email.
Second, the nominees sent employees that would answer the survey in accordance with the guidelines given by HR Asia. The answers from the survey were confidential and were not shared with anyone.
The third was preparing a report that summarized the results of the survey and assessed the summaries by the judges.
The final stage of the event was the acceptance of the award based on the assessment of the survey report that HR Asia created.
