At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. Moving the world forward takes more than the best technology, it takes the best people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. When all different people move together, the world shifts.
We at Verizon India have been recognized for our HR practices and culture of diversity and inclusion in various forums and below listed are the awards of recognition for our DEI efforts in 2022:
- Ranked among the top 50 India’s Best Workplaces™ for Women 2022 by Great Place to Work Institute.
- Ranked among the Top 100 Best companies for Women in India at the 2022 Avtar & Seramount Most Inclusive Companies Index.
- Awards in 3 categories at the ASSOCHAM 3rd Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards & Conclave 2022 - Best Employer for policies on D&I, Persons with Disabilities and Women.
- Community Business Awards 2022 - Finalist of “Building Disability Confidence in India” Award & DEI Champion of the Change
- Awards in 7 categories at the DivHERsity Awards 2022: Top 5 Companies in DivHERsity (Large Enterprises), Most Innovative Practices — Women Returnee Programs and Women L&D Programs, Top 20 Most Innovative Practices — DivHERsity Champions (Large Enterprises) - Sireesh C Mutharaju , Most Innovative Practices — DivHERsity Hiring, Women Leadership Development and DivHERsity Programs.
Women Friendly Initiatives
From in-house hackathons to brown bag sessions and mentorship opportunities, Verizon India has many programs designed to encourage and support our female employees so they can thrive and succeed:
- Women of the World (WOW)
- Women in Tech Leadership Program
- TechMakers
- V-Lean in Circles
- Leadership Edge
- New Leader Experience Program
- WINGS (for women looking to enter the workforce after a prolonged absence)
Women of the World is a global leadership development program for women V Teamers that challenges participants to up their game to help build a better Verizon. WOW helps women VTeamers to strengthen their leadership capabilities and enable them to grow their Verizon careers through interactive learning experiences such as consistent virtual workshops, online learning modules, and tools structured around the 5 pillars of the program. The participants also have the opportunity to be mentored by Verizon leaders through this program. The program helps to empower women employees to address cultural, professional, emotional, and familial challenges to gain the confidence and skills necessary to progress within the ranks of leadership.
The Women Tech Leadership Program has been curated by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council to nurture Women Tech Leaders to take on core technology roles. The program aims at building a skillset, to help women employees to progress through their careers and become successful Tech Leaders. The program ensures the building of a pipeline of system and solution architects through continuous learning pathways curated for each individual. This program will build the skill sets women need to progress in their careers and grow into Tech leaders. The program will be a virtual 6-month program with a focus on Delivery / Approach Virtual learning, 1-1 mentoring, hands-on projects focused on tech leadership skills, Custom content, and experience based on successful models(from a business group).
The TechMakers program nurtures and encourages women V Teamers in tech. It offers them levers to innovate and be a part of industry forums and platforms to participate, gain visibility and emerge as thought leaders and role models in technology.
Our female employees have been leading the way, participating in tech forums such as GHCI (Grace Hopper Celebration, India), eWIT and Geek Goddess. One of our women employees recently advanced into the Top 10 winners list under the Women in Tech category at the HerRising Awards 2022 amongst 450+ shortlisted women achievers who exemplify innovation, mentorship, professionalism, and leadership.
Our V-Lean in Circles pairs entry-level and mid-level employees with senior leaders to encourage networking, collaboration, and conversation.
We also have programs for senior and executive-level women, including Leadership Edge, New Director Onboarding and for future leaders: programs like Pre-leader academy, New Leader Experience Program & many more available in addition to access to the learning portal. Our robust Learning Portal hosts detailed learning pathways for each of the leadership principles for various focus areas and helps our employees to explore them in detail. These learning paths integrate world-class content from best in class resources in addition to internally developed content.
Nurture Development
At Verizon India, the focus is to create and develop unmatched talent capable of delivering a seamless experience to our customers with speed and efficiency. We understand the value of investing in people development and the impact education has on the vitality and growth of our business. Our Learning Portal 2.0 is a testament to our commitment to purposeful continuous learning and empowers them with forums and platforms to up-skill and re-skill themselves.
Get Certified – Business Driven & Personal Development
We have introduced an innovative learning process – Get Certified. We understand the dynamic world of technology and the volatility of tech software development. Get Certified promotes and offers access to preparation courses and practice tests through our learning portal. Content is curated from our existing premium content libraries so that employees can continue to further their education and upskill by working towards business and technical certifications.
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
We have adopted the global Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) that enables employees to pursue their ambitions by offering funding towards certain degrees and certificates. Verizon provides training and development at every level to help employees enhance their skills and advance their career along with tuition assistance, award-winning training, online development tools and access to industry research.
POD Series: The Pod - an Audio Podcast Series is a personal and informal space where employees come together and share common experiences and discuss new ideas. This initiative puts women in the spotlight as we discussed issues like Women in leadership - why it matters?, Women in leadership - hurdles and bias, and more, removing obstacles to women's professional advancement, overcoming gender discrimination at work and important initiatives women can take to become successful leaders. Listen to one of our Pod Series here -
https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1582282553435693056?s=20&t=88Enuh1peghhUlyrHxKwPQ
Other Benefits
Telemedicine is offered by Verizon India from April 2020 to provide women with dedicated consultation services and support. Female employees actively use these services for gynecology, pediatrics and other areas.
Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a free, confidential service encouraging employees to build healthy habits to manage stress, anxiety, inactivity and more.
Few testimonials you may refer to:
- Celebrating The Diversity & Inclusion Agenda Of Organisations : https://bwpeople.businessworld.in/article/Celebrating-The-Diversity-Inclusion-Agenda-Of-Organisations/26-05-2022-430275/
- Meet V Teamer @VanamSrilakshmi who feels that the enriching work environment at Verizon has encouraged her to take on new challenges, pursue business training & certifications and develop herself as a leader, making her more adaptable to changing business needs. https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1590619783904788482?s=20&t=B1gVvvNFice0TEeN_m832A
- V Teamer Madhavi Manikya is among the 100+ women leaders at Verizon to benefit from the WOW Program, a platform that helps address cultural, professional & emotional challenges to gain the confidence & skills necessary to progress within the ranks of leadership https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1611026313774780417?s=20&t=oJtr05CEJVTM4FvWwQu2rg
- @herstoryYS featured the thoughts and views of our #VerizonWomeninTech leader@padma_offl https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1592834369215160320?s=20&t=FeP5beggAbAuHrxMuqZmAg
At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. Moving the world forward takes more than the best technology, it takes the best people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. When all different people move together, the world shifts.
We at Verizon India have been recognized for our HR practices and culture of diversity and inclusion in various forums and below listed are the awards of recognition for our DEI efforts in 2022:
- Ranked among the top 50 India’s Best Workplaces™ for Women 2022 by Great Place to Work Institute.
- Ranked among the Top 100 Best companies for Women in India at the 2022 Avtar & Seramount Most Inclusive Companies Index.
- Awards in 3 categories at the ASSOCHAM 3rd Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Awards & Conclave 2022 - Best Employer for policies on D&I, Persons with Disabilities and Women.
- Community Business Awards 2022 - Finalist of “Building Disability Confidence in India” Award & DEI Champion of the Change
- Awards in 7 categories at the DivHERsity Awards 2022: Top 5 Companies in DivHERsity (Large Enterprises), Most Innovative Practices — Women Returnee Programs and Women L&D Programs, Top 20 Most Innovative Practices — DivHERsity Champions (Large Enterprises) - Sireesh C Mutharaju , Most Innovative Practices — DivHERsity Hiring, Women Leadership Development and DivHERsity Programs.
Women Friendly Initiatives
From in-house hackathons to brown bag sessions and mentorship opportunities, Verizon India has many programs designed to encourage and support our female employees so they can thrive and succeed:
- Women of the World (WOW)
- Women in Tech Leadership Program
- TechMakers
- V-Lean in Circles
- Leadership Edge
- New Leader Experience Program
- WINGS (for women looking to enter the workforce after a prolonged absence)
Women of the World is a global leadership development program for women V Teamers that challenges participants to up their game to help build a better Verizon. WOW helps women VTeamers to strengthen their leadership capabilities and enable them to grow their Verizon careers through interactive learning experiences such as consistent virtual workshops, online learning modules, and tools structured around the 5 pillars of the program. The participants also have the opportunity to be mentored by Verizon leaders through this program. The program helps to empower women employees to address cultural, professional, emotional, and familial challenges to gain the confidence and skills necessary to progress within the ranks of leadership.
The Women Tech Leadership Program has been curated by the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council to nurture Women Tech Leaders to take on core technology roles. The program aims at building a skillset, to help women employees to progress through their careers and become successful Tech Leaders. The program ensures the building of a pipeline of system and solution architects through continuous learning pathways curated for each individual. This program will build the skill sets women need to progress in their careers and grow into Tech leaders. The program will be a virtual 6-month program with a focus on Delivery / Approach Virtual learning, 1-1 mentoring, hands-on projects focused on tech leadership skills, Custom content, and experience based on successful models(from a business group).
The TechMakers program nurtures and encourages women V Teamers in tech. It offers them levers to innovate and be a part of industry forums and platforms to participate, gain visibility and emerge as thought leaders and role models in technology.
Our female employees have been leading the way, participating in tech forums such as GHCI (Grace Hopper Celebration, India), eWIT and Geek Goddess. One of our women employees recently advanced into the Top 10 winners list under the Women in Tech category at the HerRising Awards 2022 amongst 450+ shortlisted women achievers who exemplify innovation, mentorship, professionalism, and leadership.
Our V-Lean in Circles pairs entry-level and mid-level employees with senior leaders to encourage networking, collaboration, and conversation.
We also have programs for senior and executive-level women, including Leadership Edge, New Director Onboarding and for future leaders: programs like Pre-leader academy, New Leader Experience Program & many more available in addition to access to the learning portal. Our robust Learning Portal hosts detailed learning pathways for each of the leadership principles for various focus areas and helps our employees to explore them in detail. These learning paths integrate world-class content from best in class resources in addition to internally developed content.
Nurture Development
At Verizon India, the focus is to create and develop unmatched talent capable of delivering a seamless experience to our customers with speed and efficiency. We understand the value of investing in people development and the impact education has on the vitality and growth of our business. Our Learning Portal 2.0 is a testament to our commitment to purposeful continuous learning and empowers them with forums and platforms to up-skill and re-skill themselves.
Get Certified – Business Driven & Personal Development
We have introduced an innovative learning process – Get Certified. We understand the dynamic world of technology and the volatility of tech software development. Get Certified promotes and offers access to preparation courses and practice tests through our learning portal. Content is curated from our existing premium content libraries so that employees can continue to further their education and upskill by working towards business and technical certifications.
Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
We have adopted the global Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) that enables employees to pursue their ambitions by offering funding towards certain degrees and certificates. Verizon provides training and development at every level to help employees enhance their skills and advance their career along with tuition assistance, award-winning training, online development tools and access to industry research.
POD Series: The Pod - an Audio Podcast Series is a personal and informal space where employees come together and share common experiences and discuss new ideas. This initiative puts women in the spotlight as we discussed issues like Women in leadership - why it matters?, Women in leadership - hurdles and bias, and more, removing obstacles to women's professional advancement, overcoming gender discrimination at work and important initiatives women can take to become successful leaders. Listen to one of our Pod Series here -
https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1582282553435693056?s=20&t=88Enuh1peghhUlyrHxKwPQ
Other Benefits
Telemedicine is offered by Verizon India from April 2020 to provide women with dedicated consultation services and support. Female employees actively use these services for gynecology, pediatrics and other areas.
Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a free, confidential service encouraging employees to build healthy habits to manage stress, anxiety, inactivity and more.
Few testimonials you may refer to:
- Celebrating The Diversity & Inclusion Agenda Of Organisations : https://bwpeople.businessworld.in/article/Celebrating-The-Diversity-Inclusion-Agenda-Of-Organisations/26-05-2022-430275/
- Meet V Teamer @VanamSrilakshmi who feels that the enriching work environment at Verizon has encouraged her to take on new challenges, pursue business training & certifications and develop herself as a leader, making her more adaptable to changing business needs. https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1590619783904788482?s=20&t=B1gVvvNFice0TEeN_m832A
- V Teamer Madhavi Manikya is among the 100+ women leaders at Verizon to benefit from the WOW Program, a platform that helps address cultural, professional & emotional challenges to gain the confidence & skills necessary to progress within the ranks of leadership https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1611026313774780417?s=20&t=oJtr05CEJVTM4FvWwQu2rg
- @herstoryYS featured the thoughts and views of our #VerizonWomeninTech leader@padma_offl https://twitter.com/VZIndia/status/1592834369215160320?s=20&t=FeP5beggAbAuHrxMuqZmAg
