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Talent is universal , but opportunities are not . There are qualified and brilliant people in every corner of the planet who , unfortunately , do not have the means to move to major cities or access proper training for some jobs . This reality ends up becoming a loss not only for these potential employees but also for organizations .

At Zoho , we discovered that the solution to this problem was to bring opportunities to those small towns and regions where these people live and are part of the community .
It is part of a philosophy that we call Transnational Localism . We started utilizing this philosophy several years ago by opening small offices in different villages in India to support our existing employees and hire new people . These offices restored the dignity of many workers and boosted the economy of those rural areas .
Zoho ’ s experience
With more than 50 applications for the main business areas , including sales , marketing , customer service , accounting , administrative operations and a wide variety of productivity and collaboration tools , Zoho Corporation is one of the most prolific software companies in the world .
Zoho is a private and profitable company with over 10,000 employees , headquartered in Austin , Texas , with an international headquarters in Chennai , India .
The organization has direct offices in the US , India , Japan , China , Singapore , Mexico , Australia , the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates . of companies , rely on Zoho to manage their daily business , including Zoho itself .
Lower costs with a higher quality of life
Now we aim at having a global presence outside of large metropolitan areas , in places with lower costs and higher quality of life , such as Utrecht in the Netherlands , Yokohama in Japan , Tenkasi in India or Chía in Colombia .
Raju Vegesna , Evangelist Leader , Zoho
There are qualified and brilliant people in every corner of the planet who , unfortunately , do not have the means to move to major cities or access proper training for some jobs .
Zoho respects the privacy of its users and does not have an advertising-based revenue model for any of its products , including its free versions . More than 75 million users worldwide , in hundreds of thousands
One of the lessons that the COVID-19 pandemic taught us is the need for employees to have physical socializing spaces with their colleagues in person but
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