Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, organized its India edition of the global career week for its employees here from January 9 to 12, 2023. The goal of the program is to inspire and provide insight from successful professionals on what it takes to develop a rewarding and successful career. ‘Career Week’ brought together the Pure Storage leadership team and employees to discuss and share thoughts on effectively navigating career journeys, building and leveraging a strong network and the importance of collecting diverse experiences and skills.
The career week kicked off with a panel discussion with Ajeya Motaganahalli, MD, India R&D, Pure Storage, Cynthia Dote, Senior Director, FlashBlade, Pure Storage, and Rahul Goyal, Global VP Platform Engineering & Head, India Development Centre, Globalization Partners, who shared their own professional experiences and advice to Pure employees on how to build meaningful careers, engage in effective conversations with managers, and best practices to seek mentors, coaches and sponsors.
This was complemented with other career-focused sessions where experts provided guidance on how to advance in technical positions, comprehend internal mobility policy, and create a fulfilling, successful career at Pure Storage. In addition to that, senior leaders from Pure provided one-on-one career counseling to a select group of employees as part of the event.
Pure Storage India set up its R&D center in Bengaluru last year to contribute to Pure’s global development efforts.
Executive Insight:
- “Offering meaningful individualized development plans that advance our employees’ skills and meet their career aspirations are initiatives we are strengthening to win in today’s hybrid work environment. Additionally, ensuring that leaders and employees understand our vision and strategy and how they impact our future is a powerful retention lever at Pure. In fact, we have one of the highest employee engagement indices in the industry, which enables our employee referral program to be extremely effective.” – Madhushree Dutta, India Head of HR, Pure Storage
- “The world of modern data services is evolving rapidly, bringing about exciting challenges and opportunities for businesses and data professionals alike. We are looking for engineers and product team members who want to work on Pure’s all-flash technology or deliver hybrid cloud architecture and data services for modern apps, all of which contributes to Pure’s ability to deliver a modern data experience to our customers.” – Ajeya Motaganhahalli, MD, India R&D, Pure Storage.
