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Updated on: Feb 2023

Industry

Google fired an employee to launch its own venture within notice period

Feb 21, 2023

TCS is hiring for various positions, freshers can also apply

Indias largest IT Services Provider TCS is hiring for various positions for experienced peopl...

Hiring

Feb 21, 2023

Pinnacle brings Women-Only recruitment campaign on Feb-

Indias only integrated commercial vehicle seating amp interiors company, Pinnacle announces...

Hiring

Feb 21, 2023

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PG India launches Lead With Care program to support employees

Procter amp Gamble PampG India today announced the Lead With Care Program that offers holist...

Industry

Feb 21, 2023

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Compensation

Wipro cuts freshers’ pay by 50% amid onboarding delays

An Indian multinational corporation, Wipro has reduced the employee’s salary by 50 percent from Rs 6.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum. Wipro provides training to freshers employees. This gives an opportunity to the Elite fresher candidate to upgrade to the ‘Turbo’ category. This also upgrades the salary package of employees. Now, As per […]

Feb 21, 2023

EPFO

EPFO adds 14.93 lakh net members in December 2022

The provisional payroll data of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) highlights that EPFO has added 14.93 lakh net members in December 2022. A year-on-year comparison of payroll data reflects an increase of 32,635 in net membership addition in December 2022 as compared to the corresponding month during last year in 2021. Out of 14.93 […]

Feb 21, 2023

Layoffs

Ericsson to layoff 1,400 jobs in Sweden to reduce cost

A Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, Ericsson plans to cut about 1,400 jobs in Sweden. Additionally, Ericsson will be cutting more jobs that will be affecting several thousand people in other countries in the coming days. The company had earlier announced plans to cut costs by 9 billion crowns ($880 million) by the end of […]

Feb 20, 2023

Industry

IBM CEO thinks ChatGPT is taking white-collar jobs, it’s good thing

ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot developed by OpenAI that is designed to generate human-like responses to natural language queries. It has been trained on a massive amount of text data from the internet, including books, articles, and web pages. ChatGPT can be used in a variety of applications, such as chatbots, virtual assistants, […]

Feb 20, 2023

Industry

Jeevika Skill Development Program to train Over 60K Rural, Urban Youth

Lotus Petal Foundation’s flagship training & placement program Jeevika Skill Development Program will be providing training to over 6000 Rural and Urban Youth by 2025. Jeevika is the skill development program of Lotus Petal Foundation. It focuses on senior secondary students. The students complete their education along with courses that enable them to be ready […]

Feb 20, 2023

Hiring

JioSaavn is inviting applications for Paid Internship, Apply here

Indian online music streaming service and digital distributor company, JioSaavn is inviting applications for Paid Internship for Audience Experience Full-time (Paid internship). Commenting on the hiring process the company said, “We’re looking for a super passionate intern to join our Audience Experience team. The Audience Experience team manages customer conversations from across the globe over various […]

Feb 20, 2023

Work Model

Meta gives poor performance reviews to thousands of employees

According to Wall Street Journal reports, American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta (formerly named Facebook) 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 of a bonus metric. The reports also suggest that Meta CEO […]

Feb 20, 2023

Appointments

Narwal appoints Amit Sahoo as Global Head- HR

A niche technology company, Narwal has announced the appointment of Amit Sahoo as Global Head- Human Resources. In this role, Amit will be responsible is to oversee the People strategy and ensuring that it aligns with the organization’s ambitious trajectory of rapid expansion, bolstering efficiency, and cultivating a culture of professionalism. According to Raj Kanuparthi, the […]

Feb 20, 2023

Industry

No Layoffs at TCS, instead will like to hire impacted people

On people losing jobs with startups, amid the layoff wave, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Chief Human Resources officer Milind Lakkad said that TCS will be looking to hire such impacted employees. Milind Lakkad told PTI, “We don’t do that (layoffs), we believe in grooming talent in the company…(there will be) no layoffs.” He explained the layoffs […]

Feb 20, 2023

Hiring

Air India inks great deal with Airbus, Boeing; 2 lakh jobs in India

According to Business Today, Air India and aircraft makers Boeing and Airbus will create over 2,00,000 jobs in India, directly and indirectly. Air India, which currently has a fleet of 140 planes, will buy 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus. Recently, Air India will require more than 6,500 pilots to operate 470 aircraft that are to be […]

Feb 19, 2023

Industry

IBM is offering free STEM courses, Apply Here

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM is offering free STEM courses, Job skills, and credentials. Commenting on the courses the company said, “Earn digital credentials from IBM and other companies for free. These free credentials help you in your career development, show that you’re ahead of the curve, and that you have foundational knowledge and skill […]

Feb 18, 2023

Industry

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 […]

Feb 18, 2023