Asian Paints with its intent to enter the Home Improvement and Décor space in India had acquired 51% stake in Sleek group, a kitchen solutions provider in August 2013. In June 2014, Asian Paints acquired the entire front and sales business including Brands, Network and Sales Infrastructure of Ess Ess Bathroom products Pvt Ltd. Ess Ess is a prominent player in the bath and wash segment in India and has high quality products in this segment. Asian Paints believes that both these acquisitions has a strategic fit both with its current business as well as other lines of Home Improvement businesses that may get added in the future.Asian Paints provides a rich environment that encourages employees to learn, explore and contribute. With diverse opportunities in various functions & disciplines Asian Paints gives you the platform which stands to provide you not only functional expertise, but also an insight into cross functional collaboration.A culture where merit is rewarded, openness is fostered and individual opinion is respected.LearningLearning is an integral part of the culture at Asian Paints. Here we believe that learning is best achieved by observation, experimentation and reflection. We follow the 70:20:10 rule of learning: 70% of learning happens on the job, 20% of learning happens through observation and interactions with our colleagues, 10% of learning happens in classrooms with instruction-led interventions. Hence all our learning initiatives incorporate all these elements of learning.PerformanceAt Asian Paints we thrive to advocate a performance oriented culture in the organization. An individual learns tremendously from a highly competent set of professional peers and grows in the organization. An unbiased Performance Focused Management System ensures that one is appropriately recognized and rewarded for his/her consistent performance, result orientation and contribution.RewardsThe key elements of the Compensation Philosophy at Asian Paints are based on its commitment to fairness in compensation, transparency and in communication. Asian Paints' compensation is benchmarked regularly with external market towards a competitive reward structure. At the same time, it believes in strong internal equity and thereby practices effective compensation and benefit policies for employees.