iGate: Caring, yet challenging In a scale-driven and brand-obsessed IT services market, iGate has proved that there is space for a mid-tier, niche operator with well-rounded people policies. Snapshot Total employees: 5,945 Average age: 26 Attrition rate: 13.36 per cent Male:Female ratio: 13:4 Average career tenure: 3.38 years HR cost: Rs 9.5 crore Promotion rate: 13.17 per cent Training budget: Rs 5.32 crore Training man-days: 10 Revenues: Rs 805.1 crore Net profit: Rs 49.6 crore
In an industry that is almost obsessed with adding thousands of employees every quarter to sustain its white-hot growth, iGate, a NASDAQ-listed IT services and BPO company, is focussing on value of output, rather than hours billed, making it something of a novelty.