Each industry page covers the staff groups, the HR problems specific to that industry and twelve guides: attendance, leave, holidays, shift scheduling, overtime, payroll, recruitment, onboarding, performance, training, employee documents and exits. Every guide ends with the steps to set it up in ZeniaHR, so the practice and the setup sit on one page.
IT and software companiesAn Indian IT company runs on engineers who may sit in a Hinjewadi office on Tuesday, work from home on…StartupsIn a typical Indian startup, HR begins as a folder on a founder's laptop and a spreadsheet of leave balances.…Hospitals and clinicsHospitals run on duty rosters that never switch off. Staff nurses rotate through morning, evening and night…SchoolsA school runs on two clocks at once. Teachers follow the timetable and the academic calendar: an early…Colleges and universitiesColleges and universities run on the semester, not the calendar year. Faculty teach timetabled lectures and…Coaching institutesA coaching institute runs to the batch timetable and the exam calendar. Faculty teach morning batches for…Manufacturing plantsA manufacturing plant runs on the shift bell. Operators, fitters and helpers punch in at the security gate…Pharmaceutical companiesA pharmaceutical company runs two very different workforces under one HR team. At the plant in Baddi,…Retail chainsA retail chain is many small workplaces run as one company. Stores in malls and high streets open seven days…Restaurants and QSR chainsRestaurant work runs around meal services, not office hours. Kitchens begin prep hours before the doors open,…Hotels and resortsA hotel never closes, and its departments keep very different clocks. Front office and security run three…Logistics and warehousingA warehouse runs on the dock schedule, not the office clock. Inbound trucks unload from early morning,…Transport and fleet operatorsMost of a fleet operator's staff are on the road when HR needs them. Long-haul truck drivers spend a week or…Construction and real estateA real estate developer runs two very different workplaces on one payroll. At the project site, site…Banks, NBFCs and microfinanceA bank branch, an NBFC branch and a microfinance branch look different, but HR in all three deals with the…Insurance companies and brokersInsurance runs two very different workforces under one roof. On one side are sales teams: agency managers who…CA, legal and consulting firmsA chartered accountancy practice, a law firm and a consulting firm all sell the same thing: the time and…BPOs and call centresA BPO floor in Noida, Pune or Hyderabad never really empties. Voice agents log in for a US telecom process at…E-commerce companiesAn Indian e-commerce company is three workplaces under one brand. The corporate office in Bengaluru or…FMCG distributors and dealersAn FMCG distributor runs three very different teams from one godown. Salesmen leave each morning for their…Automobile dealershipsAn automobile dealership is three businesses under one roof. The showroom sells, with sales consultants who…Textile and garment unitsTextile and garment units run on people more than machines. A garment factory in Tiruppur, Bengaluru,…Engineering and EPC companiesAn EPC company designs, buys and builds for someone else's plant: a refinery unit in Gujarat, a substation in…Media and advertising agenciesAn advertising or media agency in Mumbai, Delhi NCR or Bengaluru sells ideas and time, and both run to client…NGOs and trustsAn NGO's staffing follows its grants. A trust, society or Section 8 company may run a head office in Delhi or…Diagnostic labsDiagnostic labs work to the clock of the sample. Phlebotomists open collection centres at 7 am for fasting…Pharmacy chainsA pharmacy chain is a retail business with a licence to protect at every counter. Stores open from about 8 am…Gyms and fitness studiosA gym is busiest when everyone else is not at work: roughly 6 am to 10 am and 6 pm to 10 pm. Trainers, front…Salons and spasSalons and spas earn most of their money on weekends, festival eves and in the wedding season, and a large…Jewellery showroomsA jewellery showroom is a small team looking after a very large stock. Gold, diamond and silver worth crores…Agriculture and agritech companiesAgriculture runs on the season and the weather, and so does HR in an agri business. Field officers cover…Food processing unitsFood processing runs to the rhythm of harvests and festivals. A mango pulp unit in Krishnagiri or Valsad…Chemical and plastics plantsChemical and plastics plants run continuous processes that do not stop for weekends, festivals or shift…Solar and energy companiesSolar and energy work happens far from any head office. Utility-scale plants go up on open land near Bhadla,…Telecom and field service companiesA field service technician's workday starts at a customer's door, not at the office. Broadband installers,…Architecture and interior firmsArchitecture and interior design firms run on deadlines set by clients and authorities: a competition entry…Travel and tourism companiesA travel company's people are spread across places most employers never think about. Tour managers spend…Event management companiesAn event management company works in two modes. For most of the week, event managers, client servicing,…Co-operative societies and credit societiesCo-operatives in India employ staff under a board, not an owner. A credit society in Maharashtra or Gujarat…Family businesses and SMEsA family business in India might be a textile trader in Surat, an engineering unit in Rajkot, a distributor…
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