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Updated on: Aug 2023

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Lazy girl job trend Newest workplace trend hits back at hustle culture

Aug 2, 2023

Founder shares pic of job applicants CV She has yrs of exp as homemaker

A founder shared a pic of the job applicants CV saying that she has years of experience as a hom...

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Jul 28, 2023

Latest news: Founder shares pic of job applicants CV She has yrs of exp as homemaker - SightsIn Plus

A woman was rejected in a final round interview for being too fair

A woman Professional Pratiksha Jichkar has shared a LinkedIn post of a screenshot of the email she r...

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Jul 26, 2023

Latest news: A woman was rejected in a final round interview for being too fair - SightsIn Plus

My boss revoked my Work From Home day and threatens to fire

Work from home continues to gain popularity and can be a beneficial arrangement for both employers a...

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Jul 25, 2023

Latest news: My boss revoked my Work From Home day and threatens to fire - SightsIn Plus

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Fresher wants Rs 50,000 salary to work 4 hours for 4 days a week

In the current scenario, companies from various domains have been laying off employees and also delaying the onboarding of fresher graduates from colleges. So far in 2023, there have been 1,281 layoffs at tech companies with 322,369 people impacted (1,573 people per day). In 2022, there were 1,557 layoffs at tech companies 243,318 people impacted (667 people per day). However, a lawyer recently took to Twitter to […]

Jul 24, 2023

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Viral video of BYJU’s staff questioning boss over incentives

Many employees face work culture struggle. Recently, for the first time, a video has been circulating by Twitter and LinkedIn users showing a heated conversation between employees at BYJU’s office. Female staff can be heard saying in the video that I am screaming because I am going mad. The conversion is between a female employee […]

Jul 24, 2023

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Woman lost job to ChatGPT, starts selling water at grocery stores

Emily Hanley lost her job due to ChatGPT. In order to her survival, she started selling water at grocery stores. According to Business Insider, Emily Hanley-a freelance writer said, “For the past several years I worked as a full-time freelance copywriter; I’d work on webpages, branded blogs, online articles, social-media captions, and email marketing campaigns.” “I […]

Jul 22, 2023

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Company sacks ‘Top Performer’ to set an example for others

Employees are the backbone of any organization. However, a Reddit user posted about a company that had unexpected and questionable behavior on social media, which gained significant attention and criticism. According to the user, the company fired one of its most accomplished employees. The post said, “Honestly, a lot of things have been going down at […]

Jul 21, 2023

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Google employee claims he works just 2 hours a day, Musk reacts

A Twitter user @nearcyan has recently shared an interesting story about his dinner with two Google employees. The Twitter handle @nearcyan has shared a tweet saying, “had dinner with two Google employees and they got into a bragging competition about who works fewer hours, the guy @ 2 hrs/day for 500k tc won.” “Man is […]

Jul 20, 2023

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‘Made a Mistake’: Slice ex-employee confessed on LinkedIn

A Former employee of a leading fintech company Slice has confessed on LinkedIn to choosing the wrong job. Bengaluru-based Shikha Gupta was working with Slice as Creative Head between October 2021 – November 2022. She wrote that “Made a mistake. Gave it a year to make sure just in case. Moved on.” She is currently […]

Jul 19, 2023

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Working 12 hrs per day to pay over 50% of my income as tax?

A Flipkart employee shared his frustration of paying taxes on both earnings and spending which turned out to be over 50% of his earning. Sanchit Goyal, Category Manager at Flipkart shared a Tweet expressing his frustration, “Today I earned Rs 5000. I had to give 30% to the Government as tax.” “I thought of buying […]

Jul 19, 2023

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CEO receives 3,000 resumes in 48 hrs: “How bad is Job Market?

The founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kartik Mandaville, of a start-up said that he received more than 3,000 resumes in 48 hours against job postings on the company website. Springworks CEO Kartik Mandaville shared a tweet saying, “Received over 3K resumes in the last 48 hours just on our website – how bad is the […]

Jul 17, 2023

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Manager yells at employee for trying to discuss pay hike

When companies increase the pay of any employee it is a long process and when employees discuss the pay hike it has a mixed reaction from companies end. Recently, a Reddit user shared his experience during the salary increase discussion. The post has discussed the reaction that the employee received when he tried discussing his pay hike […]

Jul 10, 2023

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Founder praises ‘high-integrity’; staffer denies taking increased pay

Shivanshi Verma the employer and founder of the healthcare app HealthTick explained that an employee, she hired is a ‘high-integrity’ staffer and even after increasing the salary the employee refused. Explaining the ‘high-integrity’ of the employee the founder has explained that she has hired an employee after college. The founder shared a post on Twitter saying, […]

Jul 6, 2023

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Boss wants an employee to come to work on day off as he is single

A Reddit user Feggy_JVS shared a post stating that the boss wanted the employee to come to work on a day off as he is single. In the post on Reddit, the man attached a screenshot of the conversation that he had with his boss. The messages showed how his boss almost forced him to […]

Jul 3, 2023

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BYJU’S starts another round of layoffs, 500-1000 people impacted

Edtech firm Byju’s has announced another round of layoffs. It will fire 500-1000 employees to cut costs. The fresh set of layoffs is expected to impact employees across marketing, sales, business development as well as product and technology functions. To cut costs, the company had laid off over 2,500 employees across departments, in October last […]

Jun 20, 2023