Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire IndiaTo accelerate the growth momentum upGrad has been experiencing since the pandemic broke out, the edtech major increased its employee headcount four-fold to reach 2000 within a short period of eight months.
The scaling necessitated the company to relook and restructure its people’s policies, as employees prepare to continue working remotely till June 2021.Preempting the need for a rounded approach to monitor and meet the psychosocial needs, upGrad’s employee assistance partner with its 1000+ counsellors has been made available 24x7 on online chat, voice calls or video sessions.Preeti Kaul, Head - HR, upGrad, said, “Given youth is a majority in our talent, we rightly expected most to move back.