Bahiana: Two-time GPTW Champion
The institution is considered, for the second time, the best company to work for in Bahia
04/08/2020
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For the second consecutive year, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública is the big winner of the Great Place to Work, Bahia section, an award given to entities that are recognized by the employees themselves as a good place to work. First place in the Large Companies category is repeated after the institution participated in all seven editions of the GPTW Award, which, this year, also included the companies Kordsa, Simples Vet Tecnologia, Embracon-BA, Wish Hotel da Bahia, Laboratório Sabin, Bomconsórcio, Jacobina Mineração - Yamana Gold, Veracel Celulose and Natulab Laboratório Farmacêutico. In all, 45 companies were eligible to compete for the award.
Telma Bastos, manager of the Strategic Management of People and Learning (GEPAP), says that the two-time championship is a response to the institution's policy of putting its collaborators first, taking into account the quality of life of their families. Within this perspective, she highlights some actions implemented by the Bahiana, such as the extension of paternity leave, from five days guaranteed by law to 15 days.
“The benefit of the extended paternity leave was spectacular. Being able to follow my son's early days was very important. Taking time to assist my wife with her care was critical. In my old job, I was only entitled to five straight days. Very little, it didn't help at all. I just have to thank the Bahiana!”, celebrates Gerson Silva Ribeiro, who has worked at the Project Management Center for a year and two months at the institution.
Bahiana it also offers the possibility of reducing the workload for mothers who have returned from maternity leave, during the baby's first year of life. To enjoy the benefit, the employee authorizes a salary reduction proportional to her workload. In addition, mothers with children up to 2 years of age are exempt from making break hours compensation.
Also within the policies aimed at the well-being of the family, the Bahiana grants parents two half-yearly exemptions - upon presentation of a certificate of attendance - so that they can participate in their children's school meetings, in addition to a 6-hour allowance so that they can accompany both their children and their elderly parents to medical appointments and other care with the health.
"The purpose of Bahiana, with this type of initiative, is to support the employee in taking care of their daily lives. It means surrounding these people with everything they need to have a more comfortable life, in the sense that they feel healthy, feel good about themselves, keeping in mind that the institution supports them in times of difficulty”, declares Telma.
Photo: collaborator Gerson Ribeiro
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In addition to the various benefits that contribute to improving the quality of life of its employees, the Bahiana it is also committed to your professional growth, investing in internal selection processes. According to Telma Bastos, more than 50% of the vacancies made available during the year are filled by people who are already members of the institution's staff.
This is the story of young Felipe Brandão. gardener's son Bahiana, he dreamed of working at the institution, which he joined at the age of 16, through the Young Apprentice program. “I imagined that I would learn to work there and I really did. I learned to serve, to be responsible, efficient, innovative and enterprising. But it didn't stop there... One of the most important things I learned was that the way we do things is just as important as the task itself. This means respecting people, acting ethically and, above all, putting moral values ahead of business. All this to Bahiana taught me."
Two and a half years after going through the program, and Felipe was only five months away from the institution, during which time he finished high school. He then participated in the selection to become an administrative assistant at the Teaching Laboratory and returned to the staff. "Putting into practice all the knowledge obtained throughout my professional life and the qualifications, training and courses that the Bahiana provided me, after being administrative assistant for a year, I have already been promoted twice more within a period of two years. This reinforces how much our Bahiana is extremely committed to the advancement and professional qualification of its employees”.