For the sixth year in a row, Takeda Malaysia has been recognised as a Great Place to Work® in 2022/2023, and certified as Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute®.
These recognitions reinforce Takeda’s dedication to its deeply embedded Takeda-ism values, which are brought to life by its decision-making framework in the order of Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business.
These accolades are testament to Takeda’s commitment to creating an empowering workplace that provides an exceptional people experience in a diverse and inclusive organisation.
The company has retention rate of employee, which is at an all-time high of 90%. It continuously invests in strengthening their talent pool with various talent programmes that help nurture and accelerate internal talents’ career progression such as executive coaching, mentoring, stretch assignments, and future leadership workshops. Annually, there is 15% lateral and vertical movements.
“Takeda places great emphasis on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) in our People Agenda to create a sustainable organisation for the long term. This remained true even in the unprecedented times brought on by the pandemic. By intensifying omnichannel engagements, we ensured our people were taken care of at all times and there were regular touchpoints such as monthly virtual coffee sessions, townhalls, and frequent written communications to continuously support the employees as they worked tirelessly from home and on the field to safeguard patient access to our life-saving treatments,” Igor Gomes, Cluster Head of Takeda VMAPS (Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore) said.
“The new ways of working also allowed us to amplify ways of empowering our employees to be more involved in Takeda’s decision-making process. For example, our current hybrid work arrangement is the result of a focus group championing the DE&I programme in Takeda Malaysia,” He continued.
“Takeda is the epitome of a flat organisation. Employees’ feedback, suggestions, and ideas are highly valued, and in a truly democratic fashion, the organisation carries out surveys to gather on-ground feedback before executing any plans that involve us,” Timothy Seet, an Area Sales Manager who has been with Takeda Malaysia for over 10 years said.
“I’m grateful for the support that the company has given us during the pandemic including providing subsidies for the purchase of remote working equipment and utility expenses,” he continued.
Apart from Takeda Malaysia, Takeda Singapore and Takeda Vietnam also received the Great Place to Work® 2022/2023 certification.
