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We have taken a significant shift from
service-led model to SaaS model of
business. We believe that SaaS is the

way forward which gives us a chance
to proliferate and serve a vast number
of customers “

chain in engagement and rewards. We The journey the biggest asset to our company is
also would be focusing on our channel “The journey over the last seven our people. Before Xoxoday, I may
engagement product due to its huge years has been full of new learnings have only sparingly understood the
market potential. every day. When we started this gravity of how people become a stark
Leader’s Take on Current Scenario company, I just had a professional differentiator to the success or failure
The industry for HR Tech is work experience of 6 years. Before of an organisation. We have learnt
constantly evolving, with a spur Xoxoday, the work was confined to my with time that our biggest investment
of new products in SaaS. The only specific role, and I did not understand and strength today, is our team. This
downside of this spur is to understand how to prospect at the bigger picture team has helped us sail through the
how implementable and effective of a company. Xoxoday experience has challenges of the past and helped us
these solutions really are. Older HR taught me how to think, execute, lead build a robust company. I want to
Tech solutions like that of Xoxoday’s and manage.” use this 7th anniversary to send out a
have well-proven track records of hearty thank you to all the people who
effectiveness. The key to any HRMS “As a team, we have faced many lows have been part of the Xoxoday journey
is its adoption and its impact on HR and highs. The best thing has been and have helped us in various ways.”
metrics of an organisation. Of how our resolution to stay together and Road map ahead
these new products fare in this aspect- overcome any obstacles. We always “We have taken a significant shift from
only time can tell. knew that starting up is easy but service-led model to SaaS model of
The Overall Journey of the CPO & sustaining it is the toughest part. It was business. We believe that SaaS is the
COO Manoj Agarwal inevitable that this sustenance had also way forward which gives us a chance
Time seems to travel differently for to be profitable and one that creates to proliferate and serve a vast number
value for all stakeholders. I learnt that
Manoj – the only possible explanation transforming from ‘good’ to ‘great’ of customers.
of how he expedites ten times the was not a cakewalk. To actually live We firmly believe that the people of
work that is humanly plausible. this, one had to improve and learn Xoxoday have enabled us to reach
Eternally calm and pleasant, Manoj continually. this fantastic milestone, and we wish
can stare right into people’s unique to pursue much more in the years to
strengths and always help them When we started, I wanted to build come, together.”
push their boundaries. He frequently a good company. However, today,
ventures into redefining possibilities I aspire to make a great institution Xoxoday is going to be decked to
and never, ever, blurs out on his vision out of Xoxoday. I want Xoxoday to celebrate the seven years milestone,
for Xoxoday and its people. be an institution that stands firm on standing tall on the shoulders of the
Our conversation started with Manoj its values, relentlessly delivering its relentless efforts of all who were once
a part of us and who are now a part
promises and continuously creating
sharing deep insights from his value for all its stakeholders.” of us. The people who lead Xoxoday
entrepreneurial journey, and he went Our People through springs of hope and winters of
into discussing the larger picture that despair.
he has all figured out for Xoxoday. “Over this journey, I understood that

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