Are you enjoying the festive season? The IT companies are enjoying too.. and their employees, they have a better reason to celebrate. IT companies are playing high-tech Santa Claus for their staff and communities and spreading a good cheer.
Google presented a choice between Nexus 5 phone and a Nexus 7 tablet to its employees as a holiday gift this year. The staff get to choose between these two smart gadgets, last year the company gave Nexus 7 tablets to their official family.
The head of corporate communications at Google India, Paroma Roy Chowdhury said, “All Googlers on the rolls of the company qualify for this holiday gift. Last year, the giant gave Nexus 7 tablets. This year, Google is giving the latest version of it, along with the option of a phone.”
Vmware Inc, an American software company that offers cloud and virtualization software and services, has given $100 to each of its employees. They don’t get the money directly, but in the form of a code that they can redeem for their charity.
Another company that develops financial and tax preparation software, Intuit Inc is playing secret Santa Clause to the Missionaries of Charity in Delhi – Jeevan Jyoti Home. Celebrating a festival with some charity can be a brilliant idea.
MD of Intuit India – Nikhil Arora said, “We are doing an initiative ‘make-a-wish’ for 73 children who shared their dream with me during my visit. Their wishes were heartwarming for simple gifts like clothes, toys, books, stationary, candies, cookies, cakes and balloons.”
Let’s talk about Yahoo that held a grand year-end party last week for its more than 2,000 employees and their families at the beautiful KTPO convention center in Whitefield. The event stated and 5 pm and ended with exciting gala dinner.
Almost every IT company has turned out to be an exciting platform for this festive season and celebrating it by presenting gifts to its employees.
Hope, the excitement will remain same in the coming year…..