BoB rolls out well-being programme for employees

Bank of Baroda announced that it has rolled out free and anonymous psychological counselling for 8000 odd employees on a pilot basis. The public-sector bank has a total of 84,000 employees nationally. The program will cover all employees in the Mumbai zone.

Prakash Vir Rathi, General Manager (human resource management),said that the coronavirus pandemic had raised stress levels among employees. The employee assistance program was aimed at alleviating stress among the bank’s employees, especially younger employees. Around 60% of the bank’s employees are aged between 18-35 years.

“They often face peer pressure, career and ambition issues, relationship / adjustment issues, etc. In such cases, expert counselling shall be of immense help in providing timely support to them for their emotional worries,” said Rathi.

Sanjiv Chadha, managing director and chief executive of the bank said, “This counselling service offered by the Bank in tie-up with a specialized service provider is safe, non-judgmental, and highly confidential and is available to the employees and their family members 24/7”.