Moonlighting is the future of work; why not normalise it: Swiggy HR head
- ByStartupStory | August 15, 2022
Bangalore-based Food delivery service application Swiggy’s moonlighting policy is “inclusive, not draconian, and clearly defines anything that’s conflicting”, the company’s human resources head Girish Menon told, in an exclusive interview. He further added, “That’s the future of work. And that’s precisely what we are attempting to do,”
Swiggy introduced India’s first moonlighting policy earlier this month, allowing all staff members to perform paid outside jobs. The outside projects must not conflict with Swiggy’s operations and must take place on the weekends or after regular work hours.
The human resource manager also added that Human resources executives from the industry have pointed out that monitoring policies such as moonlighting could be challenging. Furthermore he said the employees will be responsible and declare what gigs or projects they’re getting into. “We have very clearly defined that anything which is conflicting to our business competition, or intellectual property of Swiggy or they’re uniquely advantaged by being part of Swiggy if they have access to certain information, future plans,”
He further stated that any violations of the code of conduct will be handled by disciplinary committees in accordance with standard procedure, just like any violation of corporate policy.
It’s not like everyone is scrambling to get a second job, he remarked when asked about how productivity could be assessed under the company’s other recent policy, which allows for permanent work-from-home for the majority of employment. “We think that just because somebody is employed for us for nine hours.they’re productive. That’s not true you can’t wake up one day and say I’m going to make everyone productive. It doesn’t happen that way,Menon mentioned showing empathy.
At last Menon claimed that the decision to introduce moonlighting was based on intuition and the belief that workplaces would evolve in a certain way. “Moonlighting came more from what we believe will be the future of work, and less about research or data. People with skill will have opportunities to do side gigs, or what they call the side hustle. So why not normalise it,” he said.
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