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Updated on: Mar 2023

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Flipkarts Chief People Officer confirms no mass layoffs at Flipkart

Mar 27, 2023

Should Indian IT companies worry after Accenture growth guidance?

The Accenture results have more positives than negatives for the Indian IT industry. The company rep...

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Mar 27, 2023

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Man cleared Google interview but failed Tenant interview

A man named Ripu Daman Bhadoria took to LinkedIn and shared how he cleared a Google interview but fa...

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Mar 27, 2023

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IBM SkillsBuild free STEM courses reskilling program, Apply Here

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM is offering free STEM courses, Job skills, and...

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Mar 24, 2023

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Over 90,000 Infosys employees left in last one year

Is the Great Resignation Over? Nope… It’s still going on. If we look at the data of an IT giant Infosys which announced results for the third quarter that ended December 31, 2022, on January 12, 2023. IT major Infosys reported an attrition rate of 24.3 percent for its Q3FY23, December ending quarter. This was less […]

Mar 24, 2023

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Amazon posted nearly 25000 openings for 7798 approved positions

According to Insider reports, Amazon team of the Web Services Department (AWS) had posted 24,988 open positions, but only 7,798 of those positions were approved to be filled. The company posted over three times the number of job openings approved in 2022. This indicates Amazon’s over-hiring employees and the error has ever caused mass layoffs within […]

Mar 24, 2023

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Meta former employee was paid Rs 1.5 crore salary to do nothing

A former Meta employee Madelyn Machado shared a video on TikTok revealing how she had nothing to do especially in the recruiting space at social media platform Meta for six months straight. And she also revealed that she was getting paid $190,000 (roughly Rs 1.57 crore) annually. In the Video (Click here to watch the […]

Mar 24, 2023

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US, Europe banking woes may impact Indian IT firms; TCS, Infosys, Wipro

According to JP Morgan reports, US and European banks are currently facing a financial crisis. And this will adversely affect India’s two big IT companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys. The reports suggested that the regional banks in the US account for 2-3 percent of their total revenue. However, TCS, Infosys, and Mindtree may […]

Mar 22, 2023

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Drunk Bengaluru Startup employee ‘Chokes’ While Team Parties

A Bengaluru startup employee was found passed out and choking on his own vomit at a bar while his team partied. Caleb Friesen shared on Twitter, “Reminder to the “work hard, party harder” startup founders out there: no party is worth losing an employee. Spotted a young man from a prominent Bengaluru startup choking on […]

Mar 21, 2023

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Tata won’t buy Bisleri: founder’s daughter to lead the company

According to a media report, Tata Consumer Products Ltd (TCPL) has withdrawn from the acquisition process of Bisleri. Bisleri International Chairman Ramesh Chauhan’s daughter Jayanti Chauhan will run the company. She will steer the company with the professional team headed by CEO Angelo George. Currently, Jayanti is the Vice Chairperson. She has been involved in the […]

Mar 21, 2023

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Infosys HR Head: Freshers promoted faster, get big hikes

According to TOI report, EVP and Group HR Head Krish Shankar, Infosys has said that freshers in the company today get promoted much faster and get substantially higher jumps in salaries than a few years ago. Responding to fresher salaries in the IT industry having stagnated at about Rs 3.5 lakh per annum for years, […]

Mar 20, 2023

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Google employees demand these 5 things from CEO Sundar Pichai

Recently in January, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees nearly 6% of the workforce. However, The company CEO took responsibility for the layoffs. As per the recent updates of CNBC reports, The former Google employees that were laid off on their medical or maternity leave have said that Google might not be willing to pay […]

Mar 20, 2023

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PwC can sue Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju, Telangana HC says

According to the TOI reports, The Telangana High Court has said the company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) can sue Satyam (now merged into Tech Mahindra) founder B Ramalinga Raju for Rs 100 crore for sullying the audit firm’s reputation The High Court bench comprised justices P Naveen Rao and Nagesh Bhimapaka. The bench has dismissed a civil […]

Mar 18, 2023

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Electronics manufacturing to create 10 lakh jobs by 2025-2026

Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & Information Technology Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the target of the Narendra Modi Government is to increase electronics manufacturing capability to Rs 24 Lakh crore by 2025-26, which will also help create over 10 lakh jobs. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar was addressing a packed audience […]

Mar 18, 2023

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Infosys Foundation to Foster Learning for Army Widows & Children

Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Directorate of Indian Army Veterans (DIAV). This will provide educational grants and scholarships worth INR 30 crore to widows and children of army personnel, who have been impacted by physical casualty. Through this collaboration of Infosys […]

Mar 17, 2023

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Truecaller inaugurates office in India will accommodate 250 people

Truecaller, the leading global communications and Caller ID platform, inaugurated its brand new office in the southern city of Bengaluru, India. The office was virtually inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship & Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The launch of the Bengaluru office […]

Mar 17, 2023