In today's business world, companies that focus on employee experience and emphasise employer branding are among the most place where new talents want to work the most. Especially with the inclusion of new generations in the workforce, companies are implementing active policies focused on "employee experience" and "human" to attract and retain young talents.
ODAŞ, one of the leading companies in the energy, mining, and tourism sectors, is among "Turkey's Best Employers" with its participatory and collaborative work culture in the field of employee experience. ODAŞ, with its energetic, dynamic, and agile business approach, made it to this year's "Turkey's Best Employers 2024" list with two of its companies, in the annual list prepared by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW), a global organization in workplace culture and employee satisfaction. Suda Maden, a subsidiary of ODAŞ, ranked first in the 50-99 employee category through the votes of its employees. Suda Maden achieved the top spot on the list in its first year with a perfect score of 100 out of 100 from its employees. ODAŞ Headquarters was also included in the same list in 26th place.
Policies Focused on Employee Experience
According to the results of a survey conducted with employees by GPTW, an independent organization, one of the main factors placing ODAŞ among "Turkey's Best Employers" is the policies focused on "human and employee experience" offered through the "Human and Culture Department." As part of this strategy, ODAŞ first adopts an equal and development-focused experience approach for every employee. Additionally, it prioritizes supporting their professional development in a positive working environment and offering equal career opportunities for both male and female employees.
Within the framework of ODAŞ's corporate culture, values, and vision, the company implements programs to make this work environment more enjoyable and educational. For this purpose, it carries out activitiessuch as "ODAŞ Well-being Programme which supports a healthier living culture from every aspect, and "Energetic Break," which increases motivation, along with participatory projects encouraging volunteerism in social responsibility projects. ODAŞ aims to motivate its young and dynamic team in this way.
Creating a Positive Work Environment with " An Energetic Break"
The "An Energetic Break" events, designed to emphasize unity and innovation in the work environment and strengthen employee communication, receive great interest from ODAŞ employees. In these events time is spent together with motivational projects such as educational workshops, training, and competitions. As a result, both the communication of teams strengthens, and teams that do not know each other have the chance to mingle. The "An Energetic Break" events, simultaneously carried out in different group companies of ODAŞ, not only strengthen and sustain communication in the work environment but also help employees relieve the stress and fatigue of the day, as the name suggests.
Through activities within the "ODAŞ Well-being Programme," healthy eating and awareness events are organized to support a state of "feeling good" for employees. Additionally, with projects like "Wellness Day" and events such as the "Step Competition," both the culture of togetherness is supported, and employees are encouraged to live healthily.
"We Create a Participatory Corporate Culture"
ODAŞ Human and Culture Director İnci Arıkan said, "With these projects, our aim is to strengthen the bonds in the work environment and make a positive contribution to the employee experience by regularly coming together with our colleagues. With our internal communication activities carried out simultaneously with our companies in different cities, we aim to spread ODAŞ's corporate culture. We are seeing positive results from these events that support a positive work environment. The most important reason for our two companies being on this year's 'Turkey's Best Employers 2024' list is these strategies that emphasize communication channels being always open, support a participatory work culture, and emphasize unity."
