Microsoft: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Mar 2023

Industry

Bill Gates meets Ratan Tata Sachin Tendulkar, and shared ideas

Mar 1, 2023

Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

A former Indian Microsoft employee Alisha Acharya has shared a heartbreaking story of layoff. She wa...

Industry

Mar 1, 2023

Microsoft Indian employee shares heartbreaking story of layoff

YouTube appoints Indian-American Neal Mohan as new CEO

A global online video-sharing and social media platform, YouTube has announced the appointment of In...

C-Suite Move

Feb 17, 2023

YouTube appoints Indian-American Neal Mohan as new CEO

Shell, Microsoft join hands to offer digital skills to non-IT students

In line with their joint commitment to empowering the workforce of tomorrow with future-ready skills...

Industry

Feb 16, 2023

Shell, Microsoft join hands to offer digital skills to non-IT students

Industry

IBM sues former executive for accepting role at rival company

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM has sued a former top Thai executive for accepting a role at a rival company. As per the company’s claims, The company has paid the employees bonuses totaling more than $470,000 in exchange for protecting confidential information and not engaging in “anti-competitive conduct within a specified period”. The company had asked […]

Feb 14, 2023

Industry

IIT graduate laid off by Microsoft gets overwhelming support from Twitter

In January 2023 Microsoft announced to sack 11,000 employees worldwide due to the global economic slowdown. An IIT graduate took to Twitter to share his post about being laid off by Microsoft. Koustuv Saha shared a tweet, “I am laid off from @MSFTResearch MTL. It hasn’t quite sunk in, but it has hit my confidence to lose […]

Feb 13, 2023

Industry

Fiancé got sacked by Microsoft: Woman asks “Marry him or not”?

The major companies laid off employees including Infosys, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Byju’s, Wipro, and Salesforce laid off a maximum number of workers globally. According to trueup.io, so far in 2023, Stay up-to-date on the latest layoffs across big tech, tech unicorns, and startups. So far in 2023, there have been 379 layoffs at tech companies with 113,082 people impacted (3,056 people per day). In 2022, […]

Feb 8, 2023

Industry

Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and others faced outrage in India

Yesterday, January 25, 2023, several Microsoft services including MS Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365, and Azure were down for thousands of users in India and users were unable to access Microsoft’s multiple services. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, about 63% of users reported that they were facing issues with the Teams app, 26% reported issues […]

Jan 26, 2023

Industry

Ex-Microsoft HR lists 3 types of employees at most risk of layoffs

Recently, Chris Williams, Ex-Microsoft Vice President- Human Resources has come forward to share three categories of employees that are unsafe during layoffs and two categories of employees who are at least at risk during layoffs. Below are the categories of employees who are at least risk:- Profit-making employees: “If you’re an essential part of building the most […]

Jan 24, 2023

Layoffs

Microsoft to sack 11,000 employees worldwide

An American multinational technology company, Microsoft will sack 11,000 employees worldwide due to the global economic slowdown. The year 2023 has begun on a bad note for tech workers globally. There have been nearly 91 companies that have laid off more than 24,000 tech employees in the first 15 days this month. More than 1,600 […]

Jan 18, 2023

Work Model

Microsoft to give employees unlimited vacation days

An American multinational technology corporation, Microsoft has announced to give employees unlimited vacation days in the US. Employees living outside the US are not included in the policy due to different laws in all countries. The salaried employees in the US will not have a fixed number of vacation days and can take unlimited leaves […]

Jan 12, 2023

Industry

Microsoft to support space-tech startups in India; Apply

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Microsoft has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fuel the growth of space-tech startups in India. The MoU seeks to empower space tech startups across the country with technology tools and platforms, go-to-market support, and mentoring to help them scale and become enterprise ready. The collaboration seeks to […]

Jan 6, 2023

Training

Microsoft to train & provide internships for youth in cybersecurity

Upholding its commitment to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap in the country, the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) and Microsoft announced a collaboration to increase access to skills for jobs through CyberShikshaa and Ready4Cybersecurity programs. Aiming primarily at underserved youth, women, and jobseekers from remote areas, the National Institute of Electronics & […]

Jan 5, 2023

Movement

Rachna Mukherjee retires as CHRO, Schneider Electric, Greater India

Rachna Mukherjee retires as Chief Human Resources Officer, Schneider Electric, Greater India on 31st Dec 2022. Rachna Mukherjee has confirmed on social media and said, “After more than 8 years at Schneider Electric and close to 4 decades in the industry, I have finally superannuated on 31st Dec 2022!” “I am excited to be walking […]

Jan 4, 2023

Future of Workplace

Microsoft Satya Nadella gives substantial approval to India’s digital story, calls it ‘golden age’ of tech

An American multinational technology corporation, Microsoft Chairman & CEO, Satya Nadella has given substantial approval to India’s digital story and called it the ‘golden age’ of tech. Nadella, who is currently in India, addressed Microsoft Future Ready Leadership Summit in Mumbai on Tuesday. He is also scheduled to visit Delhi and Bengaluru this week and […]

Jan 3, 2023

CHRO Move

Servotech appoints Rajesh Mohan Rai as CHRO

A pioneer in developing out-of-the-box solutions by integrating technology and innovation company, Servotech Power Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. Rajesh Mohan Rai as Chief Human Resource Officer. In this role, Dr. Rajesh Mohan Rai will oversee the functioning of the HR department, contributing towards the personnel development and growth of the company. The […]

Dec 17, 2022