Ola: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Feb 2026

Strike

Uber, Ola, and Blinkit Partners Join Forces for February Strike

Feb 5, 2026

Ola Slashes Jobs to Streamline Operations Post-IPO

Ola Electric, Indias leading electric two-wheeler manufacturer, has initiated a restructuring exerc...

Layoffs

Jan 31, 2026

Ola Slashes Jobs to Streamline Operations Post-IPO

Scripbox Appoints Prabhanjan Kulkarni as Chief HR Officer

Scripbox appoints Prabhanjan Kulkarni as Chief Human Resources Officer CHRO, marking a key additio...

Appointments

Dec 5, 2025

Scripbox Appoints Prabhanjan Kulkarni as Chief HR Officer

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Mandates Weekly Reports

Ola founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has mandated that all employees across his companies submit wee...

Industry

Mar 4, 2025

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal Mandates Weekly Reports

Appointments

Lupin gets Rakesh Bhardwaj as chief information officer

Global Pharma, Lupin Limited (Lupin) has announced the appointment of Rakesh Bhardwaj as Chief Information Officer (CIO). In general, The Chief Information Officer (CIO) holds a pivotal role in modern organizations, especially in today’s digital age where information technology (IT) plays a critical role in business operations, strategy, and innovation. Rakesh will be stationed in Mumbai and will be responsible for taking charge […]

Mar 9, 2024

Industry

Ola announces ‘Ola Technology Fellowship’ programme

A car rental company, Ola has recently announced the launch of a technology ‘Ola Technology Fellowship’ programme for AI researchers at IIT Bombay. A co-founder of Ola Cabs has shared the information through a post on social media platform X (formally twitter) saying, “This program will span across engineering disciplines, welcoming students from top institutions nationwide, the firm […]

Feb 5, 2024

Appointments

Wayfair gets ex-ShareChat Mitalee Dabral as Country HR Leader

The destination for all things home, Wayfair has appointed Mitalee Dabral as the Country HR Leader. Mitalee has confirmed the appointment on social media and said, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Country HR Leader at Wayfair!” She is a TISS alumnus and an HR professional with over 20 years of […]

Sep 11, 2023

Industry

Bhavish Aggarwal believes hiring people with ‘jazba and junoon’

According to CNBCTV report, Bhavish Aggarwal, CEO and Co-founder of OLA was addressing the audience at TiE Delhi-NCR’s India Internet Day summit in partnership with TiE Bengaluru. Bhavish Agarwal said, “I often tell people, Hamari taqdeer mein work-life balance nahi likha hai (Work-life balance is not in our fortune)”. He stressed the importance of hiring […]

Aug 25, 2023

Hiring

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal says ‘drop me a line’ to get hired

An Indian multinational ridesharing company, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has shared a post on Twitter saying that the company is always looking to hire bright talent. Bhavish Aggarwal recently shared a tweet saying, “One of the aspects of my job I love most is that I get to work with the best designers in the […]

Mar 21, 2023

Layoffs

Ola fires 200 people in a fresh round of layoffs

According to Business Today, an Indian multinational ridesharing company, Ola has fired 200 people in a fresh round of layoffs. The layoffs are across Ola Cabs, the ride-hailing business, and Ola Electric, the electric vehicle manufacturing company. Earlier in September, Ola laid off nearly 200 employees across the engineering segment. The company earlier made headlines […]

Jan 13, 2023

Industry

Ola Bhavish Aggarwal ripped up presentation punishes employees

As per Bloomberg reports, India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has found himself in the middle of criticism. According to reports, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal tore up presentations just because of the missing page numbers. There are many employees who have revealed his abrasive behavior […]

Oct 20, 2022

Industry

Ola takes a U-turn on layoff plans, cancels decision of 200 layoff

India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, Ola has decided not to lay off its engineers for now. With the rising inflation post-COVID-19. The companies either have laid off employees or have slowed down the hiring process. This news has come as a relief for the employees. However, Ola has […]

Sep 23, 2022

Industry

Ola clarifies laying off 200 engineers to ‘centralize’ operations

India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, earlier there have been reports that Ola will lay off 500 employees. Earlier, CNBC had reported that the company’s nearly 500 employees are being laid off from the various software verticals of ANI technologies which operate as Ola Cabs. However, now the company dismissed […]

Sep 19, 2022