Indulgent employers

Away from the race for revenues and rankings, some companies go out of their way to let employees have a good time.

Here, a wine tasting session at MakeMyTrip. These are held after work hours. A participating employee can get a certificate of expertise and books on wine.

Adobe Systems allows employees a month off after completing five years. Ankur Prakash, Computer Scientist, used it to pursue Indian classical music, something he had always wanted to do. Prakash is part of Wishing Well, Adobe India's in-house rock band.

Employees of Directi, which makes Internet software, learn to tango.

Google India employees get great food on the house and "breakout rooms" to chew on food for thought.

Ruchi Nair, in charge of employee engagement for North and East at HCL Technologies, tries her hand at the guitar.

Reshma Sinha Roy of Microsoft India, on her way home in a cab arranged by the company, takes a call from office asking if all is well.

Some Nokia India staff take a break in massage chairs, while some others scoot around.

On "Wow Wednesdays", Sumit Sharma of document management company PitneyBowes gets to spend time with her son.