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Updated on: Dec 2019

Jobs

Cummins India announces VRS scheme for employees

Dec 5, 2019

Sundar Pichai Promoted as Alphabets CEO

Sundar Pichai promoted as Alphabets CEO, Googles parent company! He will be taking over the top po...

C-Suite Move

Dec 4, 2019

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Aditya Ghosh joins Oyo Board, Rohit Kapoor named new Chief Executive Officer

After diversifying business units, OYO has now shuffled its senior leadership team. The company anno...

Movement

Dec 4, 2019

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The average salary in India is likely to increase by in Survey

According to a recent Willis Towers Watson survey, salaries in India are projected to rise by in...

Survey & Report

Dec 3, 2019

Latest news: The average salary in India is likely to increase by in Survey - SightsIn Plus

Jobs

Microsoft japan tested a 4-day work week and productivity jumped by 40%

Microsoft tested out a four-day work-week in its Japan offices and found as a result employees were not only happier but also significantly more productive. For the month of August, Microsoft Japan experimented with a new project called Work-Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019, giving its entire 2,300-person workforce five Fridays off in a row without decreasing pay. The […]

Dec 2, 2019

CHRO Move

Nalco Appoints Radhashayam Mahapatrao as New HR Director

The Government appoints Radhashayam Mahapatrao as new HR Director of NALCO (National Aluminium Company Ltd). He succeeds Basant Kumar Thakur. Currently, Mr. Mahapatrao is Director-Personnel at Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and he will join Nalco on 01.01.2020. Mr. Mahapatrao has three decades of HR experience in Power, Oil and Coal Sectors in different capacities. He […]

Dec 2, 2019

Culture & Behaviour

Companies are using Incentive and Vacation Days to encourage Employees NOT TO SMOKE

Non-smokers have long lamented the fact that they get fewer work breaks than their colleagues who step out several times a day for a cigarette. Resentment starts to build, and that can be bad for company morale—and business. Piala Inc offers six extra paid vacation days: According to The Telegraph, the Tokyo-based marketing firm Piala […]

Dec 2, 2019

Jobs

Samsung to hire over 1,200 engineering graduates from India’s premier institutions

The South Korean giant Samsung will hire 1,200 engineering graduates from premier institutes, including the IITs, NITs, and IISc, for its research and development centres. The company will hire students from multiple streams including Computer Science, Electronics and Communications, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, Instrumentation and Information Technology. The new employees will have to work on […]

Nov 30, 2019

C-Suite Move

Zomato appoints Akriti Chopra as CFO

Zomato elevates Akriti Chopra as its new Chief Financial Officer. She has been working on building Zomato’s finance and legal teams for more than 8 years. In her previous role at Zomato, she was the Vice President of Finance and Operations. Sameer Maheshwary, the former CFO of Zomato, quit the company in December 2018, having spent […]

Nov 29, 2019

Miscellaneous

TCS HR Manager Killed in Bus accident

A 35-year-old HR Manager of Tata Consultancy killed after she was hit by a speeding Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus in Banjara Hills on Tuesday. The victim has been identified as Sohini Sexana, who is survived by three-year-old twin children and husband. After the accident, the driver of the bus was thrashed by the […]

Nov 28, 2019

Jobs

Tata Motors to offer VRS to 1,600 staff due to slowdown

Due to slowdown in Auto industry, Tata Motors is considering rolling out a voluntary retirement scheme. The scheme will be offered to employees of different departments, across its businesses of passenger and commercial vehicles. According to mint reports, “This year, Tata Motors’ employee cost-cutting plans are more aggressive than the previous times. Besides removing surplus […]

Nov 28, 2019

Survey & Report

Acceptance for LGBTQ and specially-abled professionals a business stigma: Survey

57% Indian employees say that their company will never hire any LGBTQ+ or specially-abled professionals at senior leadership 65% professionals confessed that they haven’t witnessed any change at their workplace after the decriminalisation of IPC Section 377 40% respondents said that the prime objective of companies focusing on Diversity and Inclusion programs is only to […]

Nov 27, 2019

Jobs

DXC Technology plans to hire 5,000 engineers from campuses in India next year

DXC Technology, a global IT services company plans to hire 5,000 technology graduates from campuses in India next year with a strong focus on candidates with digital technology skills. DXC Technology, formed in 2017 through the merger of Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) and the enterprise services business of Hewlett Packard. In India, DXC has 25 […]

Nov 26, 2019

Press Release

5 Technology trends shaping the future of work in 2020

Five technology trends are poised to transform the future of work beginning in 2020, DXC Technology announced as part of an annual forecast. Dan Hushon, Senior Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer, DXC identified five technology-driven trends for the future of work in 2020 and beyond: 1. AI redefines professional services The pervasive use of AI […]

Nov 26, 2019

Strike

Honda Strike: Permanent Workers resume production, Contract Workers continued with their dharna

Production resumed at the Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) plant at IMT, Manesar, on Monday, two weeks after it was shut due to the ongoing workers’ strike. A batch of workers (nearly 290 permanent workers) marked their presence inside the production facility after signing the ‘Good Work/Conduct Undertaking‘ and three other batches are expected […]

Nov 26, 2019

C-Suite Move

Subhash Chandra steps down as Zee Entertainment Chairman

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) chairman Subhash Chandra has stepped down on Monday from his position, days after the promoter Essel Group sold close to 16% of its stake in the open market that resulted in a reduction in the overall holdings of the group in ZEEL to 5%. “In light of the changes in […]

Nov 26, 2019