#400: Vaibhav Tushar on the strategies for retaining the talent pool and the hybrid work model

“A positive work culture can be a key factor in retaining top talent and employees. HR managers should focus on an environment where employees feel valued, respected, and supported.”

Welcome to another episode of The Shape Of Work Podcast. In this episode, we have Vaibhav Tushar, Human Resource Business Partner at Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer. Vaibhav sheds light on retaining an organisation's talent pool and the importance of a positive work culture.

Vaibhav has an overall work experience of over a decade. He did his B.Tech from the Cochin University of Science and Technology and his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. He kicked off his career at Infosys as a Senior Systems Engineer and later went on to work at various organisations including Hindustan Coca-Cola, Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd, Reliance Retail, etc.

Episode Highlights

• How to design and structure an overall strategy for retaining the organisations talent pool?
• How has the hybrid workspace model impacted the industry?
• The industrial revolution and the impact of covid-19
• Advice to budding HR professionals

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Aparajeeta Boro

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.