Vantage Circle, an exclusive online privilege platform for corporate employees in India, on Wednesday announced that it has entered into a partnership with the global leader in employee engagement software, Reward Gateway.
The partnership will allow Indian employees of Reward Gateway's international clients, which include IBM, American Express, Diageo, Heineken, McDonalds, Bloomberg, Unilever, DHL, Bayer, AT&T, Yahoo!, AOL and Groupon, enjoy the benefits already available to them in India in other countries as well.
Reward Gateway's SmartHub technology allows HR teams to attract, engage and retain the best talent. Through an easy-to-use employer-branded platform, it powers employee benefits, employee recognition, total reward statements, employee communications and employee engagement.
"This is our first major partnership with a company involved in employee engagement across the world. While our platform will bring the exclusive privileges to Reward Gateway users, we will also be able to learn from their best practice across the world. This partnership will also be give us the possibility of extending our offerings to our clients' employees based outside India," said Vantage Circle CEO Partha Neog.
Alongside employee communications and rewards and recognition tools, Vantage Circle will provide special privileges across lifestyle categories, from dining to real estate from leading brands like Samsung, Amazon, Tata Motors, Philips and many more.
"The benefits of an engaged workforce – motivated employees, increased productivity, improved staff retention to name a handful - are universal, and we have significant demand from our 1,100 clients to expand our geographical reach. We're excited to work with Vantage Circle to extend into India to help our clients to better connect with their employees in that region," Reward Gateway founder and CEO Glenn Elliott said.
Vantage Circle has a history of providing brand name discounts to many Indian companies (including nine of the top 10 IT companies) for their employees based in India.
