Pluxee India Hosts Webinar on Building Future-Ready Workforces for Start-Ups and SMEs

The session explored how culture, capability-building, and flexible benefits are shaping talent strategies for growing organisations.

Mumbai | February 4, 2026: Pluxee India, a leader in employee benefits, motivation, and engagement, recently hosted a webinar titled “Building a Future-Ready Workforce for Start-ups, New-age Companies and SMEs” as part of its thought leadership initiatives. The session brought together industry perspectives on how fast organisations can adapt their people strategies to evolving workforce expectations.

The webinar featured Ms Sneha Deb, Senior HR Business Partner (APAC), Novotech Clinical Research India Pvt Ltd, who shared practical insights on workforce readiness, employee value proposition design, and the growing importance of flexibility, learning, and well-being in today’s work environment.

Pluxee India: Enabling people-first workplaces

With start-ups and SMEs playing a critical role in India’s economic growth, many face a common challenge: how to attract, engage, and retain talent while scaling sustainably. The webinar aimed to share actionable ideas on balancing business growth with what employees increasingly expect from the workplace.

Pluxee works with organisations to strengthen engagement beyond traditional benefits. Through its offerings across Meal, Childcare, Well-being, Learning, Rewards & Recognition, and more, Pluxee helps employers design flexible, inclusive, and digitally enabled experiences aligned with diverse workforce needs.

About the webinar

The discussion focused on how the definition of a “future-ready workforce” has evolved in the post-pandemic era. The session highlighted that employees today are increasingly looking beyond compensation, placing greater value on purpose, continuous learning, flexibility, and long-term employability.

Key themes discussed during the session included:

What future readiness means for start-ups, new-age companies, and SMEs

The role of culture, belonging, and leadership communication in engagement and retention

The importance of continuous skill development and internal mobility

How digital and flexible benefits can support employees across diverse life stages

Live audience polls during the session reinforced that skill-building, internal mobility, and work-life balance are emerging as top workforce priorities for growing organisations.

Harish Sarma, Marketing & Product Director, Pluxee India, said, “Employees today look beyond compensation when choosing where to work. Organisations that build trust, invest in learning, and evolve support to match real needs will be better positioned to attract and retain talent.”

As organisations navigate changing workforce dynamics and heightened expectations, Pluxee continues to support employers with thought leadership and people-first solutions that help build resilient, future-ready workplaces.

Watch the webinar here: https://youtu.be/5jCox9O-Bmk