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Updated on: Aug 2023
‘Lazy girl job’ trend: Newest workplace trend hits back at hustle culture
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‘Lazy girl job’ trend: Newest workplace trend hits back at hustle culture

The “lazy girl job” has been popularised by an influencer claiming that the corporate hustle culture will not get you anywhere. An influencer shared the video saying, “Get your lazy girl job 9-5s are still cool and you can do them the right way. Getting a remote good paying, flexible job is super important!” “When we take a […]

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A woman was rejected in a final round interview for being too fair
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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 received from the organization that she was rejected in a final round interview as her skin tone was fair. Talent Brand Specialist professional, Pratiksha Jichkar’s post read, “I was rejected in the final round of interviews, as my […]

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My boss revoked my Work From Home day and threatens to fire
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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 and employees. Recently, a Reddit user shared a story claiming “My boss revoked my work from home day and told me to hurry up and find a new job”. An employee said in a post, “So I came back to the […]

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

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Viral video of BYJU’s staff questioning boss over incentives
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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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