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Updated on: Jul 2023
Infosys, TCS, and Wipro net employee addition crashes across IT major
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Infosys, TCS, and Wipro net employee addition crashes across IT major

Jul 21, 2023

Hiring slow down, TCS adds only , employees in FY

The year started with the layoff note. The major IT companies have laid off employees, slowing ...

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Apr 14, 2023
Hiring slow down, TCS adds only , employees in FY

Indian IT firms to reduce Tech hiring by in FY

Due to Inflationary pressures, the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and the US and European banking spiral it ...

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Mar 29, 2023
Indian IT firms to reduce Tech hiring by in FY

Engineering Colleges face tough placement season amid hiring slowdown

By the reports of the Economic Times, engineering colleges have witnessed a tough placement season d...

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Feb 28, 2023
Engineering Colleges face tough placement season amid hiring slowdown
Cognizant: No off-campus hiring of freshers
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Cognizant: No off-campus hiring of freshers

As per TOI, Cognizant, an American multinational information technology services and consulting company is freezing the off-campus hiring for the freshers. The company has communicated this through an email to the applicants. The company was hiring fresher candidates from batches 2020, 2021 & 2022. The actual reason is that Cognizant has a volatile environment for […]

Nov 21, 2022
Amazon holds hiring in corporate workforce due to slow economy
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Amazon holds hiring in corporate workforce due to slow economy

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon has announced the company will be freezing all its new hiring in its corporate workforce. Amazon has taken this step due to global economic uncertainty. The company’s CEO Andy Jassy has been looking for ways to cut costs across the company. Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice […]

Nov 4, 2022
Indian startups make deep hiring cuts, hiring down by 61%
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Indian startups make deep hiring cuts, hiring down by 61%

Ever Since 2019 the pandemic, companies have been struggling. Now, according to a new report, Indian startups are going through steep hiring cuts and the hiring of permanent employees has dipped by a significant 61 per cent. The report was analyzed from Oct 2021 to September 2022 of more than 25,000 employees across over 1,000 […]

Nov 1, 2022
Alphabet plans to cut headcount growth and moderate the hiring
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Alphabet plans to cut headcount growth and moderate the hiring

The parent company of Google, Alphabet is planning to cut staff recruitment and hiring in Q4 of 2022 and the coming year, 2023. This decision came into force as the Q3 revenue grew at its slowest pace in more than two years. These things were said during the company’s earnings conference call on October 25. […]

Oct 27, 2022
FedEx announces to close stores, put off hiring as demand slumps
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FedEx announces to close stores, put off hiring as demand slumps

The company with a worldwide portfolio of shipping, transportation, e-commerce, and business service, FedEx has said Thursday it is shuttering storefronts and corporate offices. The company also said, “The high operating expenses were also a drag on the company’s results.” Due to certain factors, the company has also put off new hires due to frequent a […]

Sep 16, 2022
IT Industry slows down hiring amid global recession
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IT Industry slows down hiring amid global recession

According to a recent report by Teamlease, Recruitment in IT Industry which was on a roll for the past two years is starting to show early signals of slowing following indications of an early recession in the United States. However, IT companies reported high attrition, now, they have seen a downfall in hiring for IT […]

Jul 18, 2022
Google Sundar Pichai’s letter, Slow hiring for the rest of the year
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Google Sundar Pichai’s letter, Slow hiring for the rest of the year

Google will slow hiring for the rest of the year. Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has informed about the same to employees. Pichai wrote, “Moving forward, we need to be more entrepreneurial, working with greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days. In some cases, that means consolidating where investments overlap and streamlining […]

Jul 14, 2022
Spotify to slow its hiring by 25% due to Economic Uncertainty
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Spotify to slow its hiring by 25% due to Economic Uncertainty

Popular global audio streaming service, Spotify Technology Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek has informed the staff that the company will reduce its hiring by 25%. Daniel said, “Spotify would reduce hiring growth by 25%. The company would continue to still hire and grow, we are just going to slow that pace and be a bit […]

Jun 16, 2022
Microsoft slows hiring due to economic uncertainty
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Microsoft slows hiring due to economic uncertainty

Software giant, Microsoft said it would be slowing down some of its hirings to become more cautious about adding staff. The company would be reducing the pace of hiring people for the software group that develops its Windows, Office, and Teams applications. If the company plans to expand its headcount, new hires for the software […]

May 27, 2022