Telecom Sector employees to get an 8.7% salary hike on average, amidst interesting developments
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Naturally, all of this has had a huge impact in the way talent is viewed.
In the mid -2000s telecom made a dent in the talent and rewards space.
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At the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century – Telecom in India took a turn which was smarter and sharper in talent and reward management practices. Amongst services organizations, telecom historically has been one of the early ones to adopt best in class people practices. This has been showcased in the way Telecom has been reacting to business challenges and in turn rewards and HR budgets.
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Navneet Rattan - Industry Lead – Manufacturing & Services Sector, Aon Hewitt commented on the sector saying, "Amongst all the challenges that Telecom is weathering, it is still projecting a healthy 8.9% salary increase in 2017. Compared to a 9.7% salary increase average last year, it is a decrease but it is due to volatile developments in this sector."
In the last 3 – 4 years, Telecom has consistently been close but lower than India average which is concerning.
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However, it's important to remember telecom was one of the first industries to adopt high differentiations for top talent.According to Aon Hewitt’s 21st India Annual Salary Increase Survey, In 2016, not only were the number of employees ranked ‘A’ are less than 10%, the differentiation offered to top talent was 1.7 times. This differentiation has consistently grown year on year which means that compensation levels are competitive and some key job roles are expected to get hefty compensation compared to their counterparts in the
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In addition, the adoption of pay at risk is fairly significant.
At 13.2% of pay paid through variable pay, telecom is only second to financial institutions and Hi – Tech (in the overall services category). Further, telecom has been one of the first adopters of high long-term incentives at the senior and top level and this trend continues.
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The attrition in telecom is 19.2 percent. This is approximately 3% higher than Advertisement
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