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Jul 25, 2020

Tata Technologies puts employees on Bench till Dec

Tata Technologies puts less than employees on the bench due to COVID- impact on business A glo...

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Jul 25, 2020

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Schindler to cut , jobs as a cost optimization program

Schindler reports lower revenue and profit for H announces cost optimization program On Frida...

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Jul 24, 2020

After Google, PwC India introduces a Pens down Day on Friday

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Jul 24, 2020

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MakeMyTrip restores salaries as business starts to revive

MakeMyTrip restores salaries as business starts to revive gradually MakeMyTrip, a leading online travel company, has started restoring salaries of employees with a revival in business three months after announcing pay cuts, said Rajesh Magow Group CEO. According to an ET Report, MakeMyTrip said that following “a few weeks of business coming back,” the company decided […]

Jul 24, 2020

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Siemens to roll out flexible working app for 100,000 staff

Siemens to roll out flexible working app for 100,000 staff to help employees safely return to the office after the coronavirus shutdown ZURICH: Siemens is rolling out its Comfy mobile phone app to hundreds of its offices around the world to help staff safely return to the office after the coronavirus shutdown. More than 100,000 […]

Jul 23, 2020

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Hybrid Working is the New Collaboration Imperative: Report

A new report reveals that astutely navigating work practices, spaces and culture will help respond to the crisis, redefine the purpose and reinvent the future of work Plantronics, Inc. (Poly — formerly Plantronics and Polycom), a global communications company that powers meaningful human connection and collaboration, today issued a new report that highlights a granular shift […]

Jul 23, 2020

Coronavirus

COVID-19 Impact: Microsoft-owned LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs

COVID-19 Impact: Microsoft-owned LinkedIn cuts 960 jobs as pandemic puts the brakes on corporate hiring Professional networking site LinkedIn on Tuesday said that it would cut about 960 jobs, or 6 percent of its global workforce, as COVID-19 pandemic is having a sustained impact on demand for its recruitment products. California-based LinkedIn helps employers assess […]

Jul 22, 2020

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COVID-19 Impact: Oyo adopts hybrid workplace model

OYO adopts hybrid workplace model, committed to employee safety, health and wellness As COVID-19 pandemic impact, Hospitality major OYO Hotels & Homes on Tuesday said that it has permanently moved to a ‘hybrid workplace model’ that involved a combination of work from home, or from co-working spaces, for the foreseeable future. The company said in […]

Jul 22, 2020

Jobs

HCL Tech to hire 15000 freshers from campuses this fiscal

HCL Technologies to hire 15000 freshers from campuses this fiscal year India’s 3rd Largest IT services firm, HCL Technologies plans to hire 15,000 from campuses this fiscal year, This is nearly double compared to 9,000 it hired last year. According to the TNN report, HCL HR- Head, Apparao VV, says ‘Hiring is based on two parameters, growth […]

Jul 22, 2020

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RBS extends work from home until 2021 for majority staff

Royal Bank of Scotland extends work from home until 2021 for majority staff Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS) has told 80% of RBS staff will continue to work remotely until 2021, extending its previous guidance that workers would be home until September. The decision affects about 50,000 people. RBS employs over 60,000 people […]

Jul 21, 2020

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L&T board members take up to 53% pay cut in FY20

Several board members of engineering and construction giant Larsen & Toubro took voluntarily steep pay cuts in their salary in FY20 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and its adverse impact on business. L&T Chairman A M Naik took a 24 percent pay cut. L&T CEO and MD SN Subrahmanyan took a pay cut of 43.91 percent L&T CFO […]

Jul 21, 2020

Coronavirus

IndiGo to lay off 10% of its workforce: CEO Ronojoy Dutta

IndiGo, India’s private airlines, has announced today to lay off 10% of its workforce due to COVID-19 pandemic, CEO Ronojoy Dutta said. “From where things stand currently, it is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices, in order to sustain our business operations,” Dutta said in a statement. […]

Jul 20, 2020

Coronavirus

Indeed has told employees to work from home until Jul 2021

Indeed has told thousands of its employees to work from home until July 2021 Indeed, an Austin-based job search engine has told thousands of its employees that it won’t require them to go into any of its offices before July 2021. “The pandemic is still impacting many countries around the world and many states in […]

Jul 20, 2020

Jobs

TCS, Infosys, HCL, and Wipro come up with new hiring plan

TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro come-up with a hiring plan amidst the COVID-19 TCS has decided to open up on the lateral hiring side and has started onboarding new associates into the TCS ecosystem, said Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO Infosys hired more than 4,000 lateral hires in the quarter ended April 2020 and will hire […]

Jul 19, 2020

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HCL Tech suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue

HCL Technologies suspends wage hikes for FY21, hiring to continue in coming quarters based on need Speaking on the Q1 result announcement, Prateek Agarwal, CFO, HCl Technologies said “the company has decided to suspend wage hikes for the year due to the pandemic.” “We hired 2,000 laterals and on-boarded 1,000 freshers in Q1 and will […]

Jul 18, 2020