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Updated on: Feb 2023
Infosys in trouble for firing freshers
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Infosys in trouble for firing freshers

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys fired 600 freshers after they failing in an internal assessment test. However, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has said that layoffs aren’t desirable, but can’t be avoided. Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan said the layoffs have been disheartening. The IT industry currently employs 5 lakh people. The industry has been continuously adding […]

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Elon Musk shuts 2 out of 3 Twitter India offices; employees to WFH
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Elon Musk shuts 2 out of 3 Twitter India offices; employees to WFH

Elon Musk has shut two out of three Twitter India offices. The company has told its staff to work from home. The main focus is to shut offices around the world as part of an effort to get Twitter financially stable by late 2023. The company has closed its offices in the political center New […]

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‘Your shift is over, please go home!’ startup’s work-life balance initiative
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‘Your shift is over, please go home!’ startup’s work-life balance initiative

An Indore-based startup, SoftGrid Computers, has started an initiative to shut down the system after work hours. A message will appear on the computer screen saying ‘Your shift is over, please go home!’ The companies generally favor exceeding the shift timings. However, SoftGrid Computers, an IT startup, has introduced a novel policy to ensure their […]

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Shell, Microsoft join hands to offer digital skills to non-IT students
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Shell, Microsoft join hands to offer digital skills to non-IT students

In line with their joint commitment to empowering the workforce of tomorrow with future-ready skills, Shell and Microsoft announced a collaboration to impart digital skills to students in vocational education institutes. The project aims to enable 5,000 underserved youth across 24 government institutes with digital productivity and employability skills, and prepare them for digital careers […]

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Elon Musk’s dog Floki takes over as Twitter CEO
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Elon Musk’s dog Floki takes over as Twitter CEO

Elon Musk has announced the “new CEO” of Twitter. However, the new CEO is none other than his pet Floki, his Shiba Inu dog. Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc on October 4. Musk take over the company and laid off employee close to 50% or 3500 employees. The company also fired the majority […]

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IBM sues former executive for accepting role at rival company
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IBM sues former executive for accepting role at rival company

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM has sued a former top Thai executive for accepting a role at a rival company. As per the company’s claims, The company has paid the employees bonuses totaling more than $470,000 in exchange for protecting confidential information and not engaging in “anti-competitive conduct within a specified period”. The company had asked […]

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IT raid BBC Delhi & Mumbai office, employees’ phones seized
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IT raid BBC Delhi & Mumbai office, employees’ phones seized

Income Tax (IT) officials have searched the BBC Delhi and Mumbai offices today. The income tax officials have seized phones and laptops. According to reports, a team of IT officials reached the BBC Studios office in Kalina Santacruz around 11.30 am. There have been over 100 employees that have been working the morning shift. The employees have […]

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How can HR leverage ChatGPT to enhance employee experience?
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How can HR leverage ChatGPT to enhance employee experience?

AI-driven chatbot, ChatGPT is a conversational interface that can understand natural (i.e., human) language input and reply automatically. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow the instructions in a prompt and […]

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A couple lost their Jobs for abusing their minor domestic help
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A couple lost their Jobs for abusing their minor domestic help

A Couple in Gurugram has recently lost their Jobs for abusing and torturing their 17 years old minor domestic help. The domestic help was based out of Ranchi in Jharkhand and she was hired through a placement agency. The police arrested Manish Khattar and his wife Kamaljeet Kaur. Manish Khattar was arrested immediately but Kamaljeet Kaur was […]

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IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter
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IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter

In January 2023 Microsoft announced to sack 11,000 employees worldwide due to the global economic slowdown. An IIT graduate took to Twitter to share his post about being laid off by Microsoft. Koustuv Saha shared a tweet, “I am laid off from @MSFTResearch MTL. It hasn’t quite sunk in, but it has hit my confidence to lose […]

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Google employees ridicule Sundar Pichai for rushing ‘Bard’ unveil
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Google employees ridicule Sundar Pichai for rushing ‘Bard’ unveil

Google Employees of the technology company said that CEO Sundar Pichai is ridiculed for Rushing Bard’s AI Chatbot Announcement. Messages float on an internal message forum Recently, Some Google employees are upset with the way the company has announced its AI chatbot Bard as a competition of ChatGPT. CEO Pichai made the announcement through a blog […]

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Kris Gopalakrishnan Infosys co-founder: Layoffs can’t be avoided
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Kris Gopalakrishnan Infosys co-founder: Layoffs can’t be avoided

According to business today, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has said that layoffs aren’t desirable, but can’t be avoided. Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan said the statement at the All Summit 2023 by Great Place to Work. However, the layoffs have been disheartening. The IT industry currently employs 5 lakh people. The industry has been continuously adding […]

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