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Updated on: Mar 2023
Top 10 Ideas to Celebrate International Women’s Day at Workplace
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Top 10 Ideas to Celebrate International Women’s Day at Workplace

International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to recognize the contributions and achievements of women in the workplace. This year’s theme is “Embrace Equity“. Embracing equity involves eliminating sources of oppression and promoting the fair treatment of women throughout the world. Also, Watch Importance of Chat GPT in Human Resources, Click Here If you’re looking […]

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Google layoff experience: Logged out at 11 pm, and received termination mail at 2 am
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Google layoff experience: Logged out at 11 pm, and received termination mail at 2 am

An American multinational technology company, recently Google laid off 453 employees from various departments in India. In January, Google parent Alphabet announced to sack 12,000 employees globally. However, Google’s CEO took responsibility for the layoffs. Post the layoff announcement by the company employees have shared their experiences. Vishal Arora was working with google as Head of Engineering, Platform Services, […]

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Foxconn to set up a manufacturing plant in Telangana, create 1 lakh jobs
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Foxconn to set up a manufacturing plant in Telangana, create 1 lakh jobs

Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, Foxconn has announced its plans to set up a manufacturing plant In Telangana. This will create 1 Lakh Local Jobs. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said, “Foxconn’s unit will help to generate large-scale employment for the youth and will help attract more such industries to the state.” […]

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Infosys top execs took pay cuts but honoured all job offers amid Dotcom bust
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Infosys top execs took pay cuts but honoured all job offers amid Dotcom bust

According to Money Control reports, at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum Narayana Murthy Infosys co-founder has said that Infosys top executives took a pay cut during the 2001 dot-com bust. And we honoured all the job offers and onboarded all 1,500 freshers. However, now many IT companies including Tech Mahindra, Capgemini, Accenture, Mphasis, and Mindtree […]

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Facebook may demote middle managers
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Facebook may demote middle managers

American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta (formerly named Facebook) may demote middle managers and adopt the Instagram model of working. This announcement follows when the company has given poor performance reviews to around 7,000 employees. The company has marked the employees as “subpar” in recent performance reviews. The parent firm of Facebook and Instagram also got rid […]

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Layoff update: Over 1,50,000 employees are fired in Jan-Feb 2023
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Layoff update: Over 1,50,000 employees are fired in Jan-Feb 2023

The year 2023 started on a Layoff note. In January 2023 alone 107,780 employees were sacked from various companies. However, in February 2023 the number has reduced to 47,533 impacted employees from various companies. The following companies laid off employees in February 2023: Apart from this, companies have also sacked employees based on performance. Uber sacked […]

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Rishad Premji: Remote work ‘spoiled’ IT industry, he wants WFO
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Rishad Premji: Remote work ‘spoiled’ IT industry, he wants WFO

Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji has said that Remote work ‘spoiled’ the IT industry, and more employees should work from offices. Wipro Chairman said on hiring and remote working during a conversation at the Nasscom Technology & Leadership Forum 2023. Rishad Premji said, “You can’t build that connectedness and intimacy no matter how advanced technology gets. […]

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Liferay is on a hiring spree to double its workforce in India
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Liferay is on a hiring spree to double its workforce in India

An open-source company, Liferay plans to hire more than 200 engineers and management candidates in the next two years. As part of the expansion plan, Liferay has recently also opened a new office in Bengaluru. The plans to double its headcount in India. The company said on its LinkedIn page, “We are delighted to announce […]

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Man files 95 lakh lawsuit against employer for permanent WFH
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Man files 95 lakh lawsuit against employer for permanent WFH

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to working from home (WFH) as an option. Recently, according to the reports, an Australian man who worked as a financial planner for the Commonwealth Bank Australia (CBA) has sued his employer for working from home. The reports suggested that the bank after shutting its retail financing planning arm offered […]

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Bill Gates meets Ratan Tata & Sachin Tendulkar, and shared ideas
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Bill Gates meets Ratan Tata & Sachin Tendulkar, and shared ideas

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has met Tata group’s Ratan Tata, N. Chandrasekaran, and former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Gates Foundation India shared a Tweet saying, “Our co-chair & founder, @BillGates had an enriching discussion with @RNTata2000 & N. Chandrasekaran, about their philanthropic initiatives.” “We look forward to strengthening our work together & partnering for health, diagnostics, and […]

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Infosys to upskill in Healthcare through Infosys Springboard
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Infosys to upskill in Healthcare through Infosys Springboard

Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, today announced that it has signed an MoU with Motherhood Hospitals, a specialty hospital chain providing women and child-care, to digitally upskill learners in the healthcare sector through Infosys Springboard. This first-of-its-kind collaboration will democratize healthcare education for school students, graduates, and lifelong learners, giving them access […]

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Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff
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Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

A former Indian Microsoft employee Alisha Acharya has shared a heartbreaking story of layoff. She was working as a technical program manager with the organization for over five years. Alisha Acharya shared a LinkedIn post saying, “Heartbroken. I was impacted by the recent round of layoffs at Microsoft. It took me a few days to […]

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