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Updated on: Aug 2023
Extra sleep, breakfast: Google offers on-campus hotel to lure staff for WFO
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Extra sleep, breakfast: Google offers on-campus hotel to lure staff for WFO

An American multinational technology company, Google is offering a “Summer Special” program for employees aiming to ease hybrid work and travel time, and enjoy “delicious food.” According to CNBC, employees can book a room at an on-campus hotel in Mountain View for $99 a night in what it’s deeming a “Summer Special”. The internal material, as […]

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Cognizant doesn’t mandate its employees to Return to Office
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Cognizant doesn’t mandate its employees to Return to Office

An American multinational information technology services, Cognizant is not mandating its employees to return to the office any time soon. “We did express that social capital is important as we have freshers in the mix who will need hand-holding. It won’t be impactful if the managers don’t come to work. We will have a more […]

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Lyft CEO updates WFH policy employees to come office for snacks
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Lyft CEO updates WFH policy employees to come office for snacks

An American company offering mobility as a service company, Lyft CEO has updated Work-from-Home (WFH) policy. According to reports published by the New York Times in April, The employees would need to return to the office at least three days a week, each week beginning in the autumn. The company’s CEO David Risher thinks that office […]

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Companies implement processes to encourage employees WFO
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Companies implement processes to encourage employees WFO

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented turmoil and companies forced employees to work from home (WFH) by leveraging information technology. However, returning to the office after more than two years of working remotely marks another significant shift in how we work—and it brings with it some major opportunities. For a couple of months, companies have […]

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Amazon is asking some employees to relocate, here’s why
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Amazon is asking some employees to relocate, here’s why

An American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, Amazon is asking some corporate workers to relocate to other cities as part of its return-to-office policy. The announcement follows when the company earlier mandated employees to work from the office three days a week. As per reports, however, the company hasn’t decided the number of employees […]

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HCLTech expects 70% of employees to WFO by FY24-end: CEO
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HCLTech expects 70% of employees to WFO by FY24-end: CEO

An Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company, HCLTech expects to have almost 70 per cent of its staff walking into physical workspaces by the end of the current fiscal, CEO C Vijayakumar said. The approach for working in the office will be based on going ‘need-based’. As several projects expect employees to work from […]

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

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Infosys CEO Salil Parekh: Some clients demand work from office
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Infosys CEO Salil Parekh: Some clients demand work from office

India’s second-largest IT services provider, Infosys is currently providing its employees with flexible work hours and work-from-home options in a hybrid work model. However, now some of the clients are currently demanding work from the office. Infosys CEO and MD Salil Parekh responded to a shareholder’s query at the recent annual general meeting (AGM) of the company. Infosys CEO and MD […]

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Intel plans to sell the Bengaluru office
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Intel plans to sell the Bengaluru office

According to reports, an American multinational corporation and technology company, Intel is planning to sell its 2,50,000 square feet Bengaluru office as the company adopts a hybrid-first work model. Intel plans to continue operating in a “hybrid-first” model. Earlier, in 2021 the company announced the “Hybrid-first” model amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The deal is expected to […]

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TCS, Accenture, Infosys, Google, IBM: Return to office strategy
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TCS, Accenture, Infosys, Google, IBM: Return to office strategy

IT and Tech major companies including TCS, Accenture, IBM, Google, and Infosys, etc are calling their employees back to the office and trying to have at least employees work 2-3 days from the office. Recently, Tech giant Google has revised its hybrid work policy, making it mandatory for employees to be in the office for at least […]

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Infosys on hybrid mode, inaugurates new facility for more flexibility
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Infosys on hybrid mode, inaugurates new facility for more flexibility

Infosys has recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art facility in Yelahanka, Bengaluru. This new office aims to encourage employees to work in a hybrid mode. Earlier, Infosys also established offices in tier II cities like Visakhapatnam and Coimbatore. The new offices aim to encourage employees to work in a hybrid mode and provide them with greater flexibility while bringing them […]

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Is WFH making people lazy and uncompetitive?- Sushant Dwivedy
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Is WFH making people lazy and uncompetitive?- Sushant Dwivedy

In Conversation With Sushant Dwivedy, Managing Director for India and the Philippines at SHL Sushant is the Managing Director for India and the Philippines at SHL. He has more than 3 decades of experience in the Indian IT industry, having worked in hardware, software, networking, and has managed services businesses for companies like Microsoft, Xerox, NCR, […]

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