Dagang NeXchange Berhad Annual Report 2019

annual report 2019 93 In fiscal 2019, regrettably we had to bemoan one road accident involving an employee of Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd. The employee was on his way back from work when he met with the accident and fractured his arm. While investigations have concluded that there were no elements of recklessness involved, unfortunately accidents still cause distress for families, friends and colleagues, and is a call for us as a company to be further committed in promoting and ensuring a safe working environment for all our employees. Nurturing Talent & Promoting Growth DNeX’s Group Human Resource (“GHR”) is constantly working to promote DNeX as an employer of choice based on competitive wages and benefits, the quality of our workplace, and the opportunities our group of companies provide. We provide equal opportunity in recruitment, career development, promotion, training and rewards for all our employees. As part of our career development plan, we ensure that our workforce is constantly learning new skills and leadership capabilities by sending and conducting relevant job trainings, seminars and motivational talks. During the year under review, DNeX employees had undergone 37 public training programmes, and participated in 23 in-house training that is designed to help them maintain core competencies and build new capabilities in the area of new technology, innovations and leadership. We also help our employees focus on clear, aligned and measurable goals, and we do this by conducting midyear planning and performance reviews, and year end performance reviews. This process provides a channel to receive feedback and coaching, and to develop skills and capabilities through the execution of everyone’s development plan. Alongside our aim to offer competitive salary and benefits, we also increased our efforts in identifying and hiring the right talent from the beginning. We seek to attract and employ exceptionally skilled talents who share our values. We do this by adhering to talent acquisition processes to avoid and minimise the occurrence of talent mismatch which could potentially lead to work frustration. Each year, our GHR stepped up its efforts in supporting more fresh graduates by participating and collaborating with colleges, universities and career fairs to increase employer branding and awareness amongst undergraduates, graduates and experienced job seekers. We also collaborate with various universities and colleges for internship programmes to provide a good platform to kick start young talents’ career development. Talent Attrition In 2019, our entire workforce stands at 576 employees. The number was less than the total of 624 employees in 2018 due to conclusion of contract for project-based personnel as well as new empowered and efficient organisational structure that was implemented during the year under review. 9.7% 18 22.64% 19 ATTRITION RATE 634 18 576 19 TOTAL EMPLOYEES 89 18 98 19 TOTAL HIRE 19 18 17 17 5 16 44 19 TOTAL INTERNS Males: 60 Females: 48 FEMALE EMPLOYEES 238 MALE EMPLOYEES 338 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT