Company Background

It was founded by Ardeshir Godrej and Pirojsha Godrej in 1897.

It operates in sectors as diverse as real estate, consumer products,
industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and agricultural
products.
In GCPL, as of 2013 there were 2187 permanent employees and 3450
contract employees.
Attrition rate is around 13% constantly.

Facts and Features

Ranked number one in the FMCG category in the "Great Place to
Work" survey; featured on the list for the tenth year in a row
Ranked among the top 17 employers in India in the "Aon Hewitt Best
Employers" survey; one of only two FMCG companies to feature on the
list
Ranked among the top 20 in Great Places to Work in a study
conducted by Grow Talent Company in partnership with Great place to
work institute, Inc, USA and Business World.

Reasons
GCPL is focused on building an inspiring place to work.
It has a strong focus on career and learning.
Godrej LOUD is a very novel way developed by Godrej
industries in order to recruit from B-schools.
GCPL has six strong people practices.

Six Strong people practices

Strong values which have helped in setting high standards of ethics at
work place.
Providing employees a wide scope and platform to perform.
Speed and flexibility in decision making empowering people on the job.
Freedom and autonomy at work and freedom to promptly recognize and
reward performance.

 A very competitive work force, professionally managed

entity recruiting talent from top B-schools building
professional leaders.

Creating an organization that advocates learning amongst

its employees. Feedback from employees is taken in
multiple ways to get an idea about the kind of perception.