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Updated on: Nov 2019

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Samsung to hire over , engineering graduates from Indias premier institutions

Nov 30, 2019

Tata Motors to offer VRS to , staff due to slowdown

Due to slowdown in Auto industry, Tata Motors is considering rolling out a voluntary retirement sche...

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Nov 28, 2019

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DXC Technology plans to hire , engineers from campuses in India next year

DXC Technology, a global IT services company plans to hire , technology graduates from campuses ...

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Nov 26, 2019

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Hyderabad A woman techie commits suicide after job loss

A woman software employee committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself in the hostel room. ...

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Nov 21, 2019

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Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs

Tata Steel plans to cut up to 3,000 jobs across its European operations, the company said on Monday, as the sector wrestles with excess supply, weak demand, and high costs. The announcement came after weeks of speculation that the steel giant, which employs 11,000 workers in the Netherlands, would cut thousands of jobs to tackle […]

Nov 19, 2019

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4 in 5 India hiring managers forecast a growing workforce

Despite government figures suggesting that unemployment is at a 45-year high*, more than 4 in 5 (84%) Indian organizations are expecting a hiring surge in the coming 12 months; according to the 2019 India Employment Screening Benchmark Report by HireRight, a leading provider of global employment background checks. Fewer companies anticipate any form of decline […]

Nov 19, 2019

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Cognizant Fires Employee Union Leader Citing ‘Performance Issues’

Cognizant Fires an employee Elavarasan Raja holds the position of General Secretary at FITE, which is a registered Trade Union in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. Elavarasan Raja has 8 years of IT experience and had joined Cognizant for the last 5 months. He informed Trak.in that his termination letter was received on Tuesday. FITE, The […]

Nov 15, 2019

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Infosys Lays Off 10,000 Middle and Senior Level Executives

According to Times of India reports, after Cognizant, now Infosys is laying off over 10,000 middle and senior-level executives. The company is letting go of 10% of the workforce, or around 2,200 people, in the JL6 band (job level 6), an internal job code for senior managers. Infosys has 30,092 employees in the JL6, […]

Nov 6, 2019

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HCL Tech launches a dedicated Google Cloud Business Unit, plans to expand the team to 5,000 people

HCL Technologies has announced the launch of HCL’s Google Cloud Business Unit to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption worldwide. This dedicated business group within HCL will be supported by engineering, solutions, and business teams from Google Cloud. The new expansive and strategic partnership between HCL and Google Cloud will help organizations advance their digital transformation agendas powered […]

Nov 1, 2019

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Vodafone rolls out 16 weeks fully-paid parental leave

Telecom giant Vodafone announced today that all its employees worldwide will be offered 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave. Any employee whose partner is having a baby adopts a child or becomes a parent through surrogacy will have the flexibility to take up to 16 weeks paid leave at any time during the first 18 […]

Nov 1, 2019

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Cognizant to lay off 7,000 employees

IT Major Cognizant plans to lay off at least 7,000 mid-senior level employees over the next few quarters. The company has also announced it would exit the content moderation business for clients such as Facebook and Google – a move that will affect another 6,000 jobs. The decision comes after a few investigations raised questions […]

Oct 31, 2019

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40,000 telecom jobs at risk over the next six months

The Indian telecom sector is staring at 40,000 job cuts over the next six months. Following the Supreme Court’s verdict asking telcos to pay up Rs 92,641 crore to the department of telecom (DoT) over the AGR (adjusted gross revenues) dispute, telecom companies might have to reduce their workforce by about 20 percent. “The Supreme […]

Oct 30, 2019

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Suzlon Energy faces an exodus of Independent Directors due to defaulter status

Suzlon, India’s leading wind turbine manufacturer company has seen an exodus of independent directors recently. All independent Indian directors including bank nominees have resigned from the board over the past two months. According to Business Line reports, Suzlon, India’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, defaulted on payment of Rs 1,169 crore ($172 million) due to its […]

Oct 24, 2019

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Wipro’s new plan to deal with employee attrition

IT major Wipro is planning to promote around 5,000 employees in the coming quarters, to check attrition and make the IT firm ready for future demand. “Attrition (rate) has been a good story for us as compared to others. We have given salary hikes and now are looking at a huge number of promotions in […]

Oct 22, 2019

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Swiggy to hire 3 lakh people in the next 18 months

Swiggy has said that the company plans to bring on board an additional 300,000 delivery executives within the next year and a half. That will take the total headcount to 500,000. At the company’s Tech Conference, Gigabytes which was held on 18th October 2019, Friday, Swiggy’s CEO, Sriharsha Majety expressed confidence over the company’s future […]

Oct 20, 2019

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Uber lays off 350 more workers in the last wave of cuts

Highlights Uber has been downsizing its global team amid mounting losses These are expected to impact Uber’s businesses in the country Uber has 350-400 employees in India Uber has just laid off around 350 employees across a variety of teams within the organization. The company says its third and final phase of layoffs of the […]

Oct 16, 2019