Hexaware Recognized Among ET Edge’s Best Organisations to Work For 2026

Hexaware has been recognized as one of the Best Organisations to Work For 2026 by ET Edge, an initiative of The Times Group. This year’s edition, themed “Human Advantage,” focuses on employers that put their people at the center of how they grow.

The program assesses how organizations are adapting to a workforce that increasingly values skills over tenure and seeks purpose alongside compensation. Entrants are judged on culture, leadership, and how well they help diverse groups of people grow throughout their careers. For a company that employs more than 32,000 people worldwide, building a consistent workplace experience at that scale is a constant piece of work, and one this award speaks to.

Behind the recognition is a learning ecosystem that Hexaware has built over several years through HexaVarsity, its corporate university. Its skilling framework, SONIC, identifies the capabilities each role demands and guides employees to the certifications that develop them, with a significant focus today on advanced AI. The company brings in and trains graduates through the Mavericks initiative and Hexaware Future Leaders & Executives program for management graduates and gives existing employees the first opportunity at open roles. Leadership programs such as Ignite 3.0 and LEAP 3.0 prepare managers and senior leaders for larger responsibilities, while Rising Women@Hexaware supports the advancement of women into senior positions.

Beyond formal programs, the day-to-day experience is shaped by tools and support built around the employee. A virtual assistant called Amber checks in with people from their first day onward and flags concerns early, while FITHexaware covers physical, mental, and financial well-being. Programs like Mothershift help working mothers with flexible shifts and post-maternity sabbaticals, and employee resource groups give voice to women, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, and other communities across the company.

Hexaware’s recent honors span learning, workplace culture, and diversity: multiple medals at the 2025 Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards, a place on the World HRD Congress list of Top 50 Happy Companies to Work For, and a Best Organisation for Women title from ET Now for the third year in a row.

“Revenue and deal awards come and go but being known as a place people actually want to work is much harder to earn,” said Vinod Chandran, Chief Operating Officer, Hexaware. “We have spent years on learning, internal mobility, and leadership, and an outside jury reaching this view tells us it has held.”

“A reputation as an employer is built from the inside, through the day-to-day experience of the people who work here,” said Nidhi Alexander, Chief Marketing Officer, Hexaware. “What makes this recognition valuable is that it reflects the same culture our employees know first-hand.”

As expectations of work shift toward skills over tenure, Hexaware keeps investing in how its people learn, grow, and are supported.