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Updated on: Nov 2022

Layoffs

Unacademy has slashed employees in another round of layoffs

Nov 8, 2022

Brainly layoffs nearly entire Indian team

The worlds largest peer-to-peer learning community, Brainly has laid off several employees gl...

Layoffs

Nov 8, 2022

Standard Chartered Bank officers union protest against violation of HR norms

The All India Bank Officers Confederation AIBOC has alleged violation of HR practices by fo...

Industry

Nov 8, 2022

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Accenture gets Andrew J.P. Levy as Chief Corporate Government Affairs Officer

A global professional services company and IT major, Accenture has appointed Andrew J.P. Levy as Chi...

C-Suite Move

Nov 7, 2022

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C-Suite Move

Wipro gets Christopher Smith as MD for Australia and New Zealand

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced today the appointment of Christopher Smith as the Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). Christopher has over two decades of IT and Telecommunications experience in the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He joins from Telstra, where he was the […]

Nov 7, 2022

Hiring

HCLTech is hiring for various roles including WFH Jobs & freshers

A global technology company, HCLTech is looking to hire at least 45,000 freshers and young employees in the financial year FY23 for catering to its attrition and growing demand. In FY22, entry-level freshers hired were to the tune of 23,000. Job Opportunities for Experienced People HCLTech is a next-generation global technology company that helps enterprises reimagine […]

Nov 7, 2022

Industry

Fired by error, Twitter asks some laid-off workers to come back

The microblogging and social networking service, Twitter has sacked close to 3,700 people. Some of those who were laid off have been asked to return as they were fired by error. Others were let go before management realized that their work and experience may be necessary to build the new features Elon Musk envisions, the people […]

Nov 7, 2022

Layoffs

Meta planning massive layoffs this week: report

The social media and technology company, Meta is planning to lay off thousands of employees this week. However, the exact number of people to be fired is still unclear. Facebook-parent, Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce. Most recently, Twitter laid off thousands of its employees across the globe. The […]

Nov 7, 2022

Appointments

Jindal Poly Films appoints Vipul Dave as Vice President- HR

A part of the $ 2 billion B.C. Jindal group, Jindal Poly Films Limited appoints Vipul Dave as Vice President- Human Resources. Vipul Dave has confirmed the development on social media and said, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Vice President of Human Resources at Jindal Poly Films Limited, Delhi!” Vipul Dave is […]

Nov 7, 2022

Work Model

Cure.fit announces its parental-leave policy

Many companies are now providing parental leave to their employees. Now, an integrative health app, Cure.fit has announced its gender-neutral parental leave program for employees. The Tata-backed, Cure.fit program will also include non-binary parents. Curefit has holistic health offerings across physical fitness and workouts, healthy food, and mental well-being. The company currently employees employs about […]

Nov 7, 2022

Industry

Twitter has fired the majority of employees in India

According to an internal memo sent to Twitter employees, the new management under Elon Musk has begun conducting layoffs Friday morning. Twitter has fired the majority of its over 200 employees in India as part of mass layoffs across the globe ordered by its new owner Elon Musk who is looking to make his $44-billion acquisition work. […]

Nov 6, 2022

Hiring

Mphasis is hiring for various roles, WFH jobs, Check Details

A leading applied technology services company, Mphasis Ltd is hiring for various roles globally and in India including Work from Home (WFH) Jobs. Commenting on the hiring process the company said on its career page, “At Mphasis we believe that our business will have access to only half of the human potential available to us if women are not […]

Nov 6, 2022

Layoffs

Accenture has fired employees due to fake documents

A global professional services company and IT major, Accenture in India has fired a few employees as they presented fake documents and experience letters to obtain jobs with the organization. Accenture in India said in a statement, “We have discovered an effort to use documentation and experience letters from fraudulent companies to obtain offers of […]

Nov 6, 2022

Layoffs

Udaan fires nearly 1,000 employees in the second round of layoffs

India’s largest b2b eCommerce platform, Udaan has announced the second round of layoffs due to macroeconomic conditions. About 10% of the company’s 3000-permanent workforce will be impacted by the layoff. These layoffs will affect nearly 1,000 employees. However, the employees that are fired 300-350 were on the company payroll while the remaining are likely to be on […]

Nov 6, 2022

Hiring

Honeywell is hiring for various roles, apply here

An American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate, Honeywell is hiring for various roles including Work From Home (WFH) Jobs. Commenting on the hiring process the company said, “Make An Impact. Make Real Connections. Make The Best You. We believe what happens tomorrow is determined by what we do today.” “We provide resources and financial support to causes around […]

Nov 5, 2022

Compensation

Wipro rolls out 100% variable pay for Q2 along with Nov’s payroll

India’s IT services provider company, Wipro rolls out 100 percent variable pay along with November’s payroll. A Wipro spokesperson said in a statement, “We will continue to invest in our people and their growth.” “For the second quarter of the financial year 2023, Wipro pays out 100 percent of variable pay to all employees whose pay-out […]

Nov 5, 2022