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Updated on: Nov 2022
Twitter staff told to work 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, Reports
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Twitter staff told to work 12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, Reports

According to reports, The microblogging and social networking service, Twitter staff at the company have set tasks so that it can be seen who works hard in Musk’s team. The teams of Twitter’s engineers have been assigned coding projects to be completed over the weekend. Twitter managers have told some staff to work 12-hour shifts, […]

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Tech Mahindra supports side gigs amid moonlighting- CP Gurnani
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Tech Mahindra supports side gigs amid moonlighting- CP Gurnani

IT major, Tech Mahindra CEO and MD, C P Gurnani said that we support side gigs as the company is a digital company and not a legacy firm. C P Gurnani shared his views that employees should not hide such instances as sometimes this may also add value to their CV. Additionally, the employees should inform the […]

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Tech Mahindra reports attrition rate of 20%, will continue hiring
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Tech Mahindra reports attrition rate of 20%, will continue hiring

An Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company, Tech Mahindra announces its Q2FY23 performance results on November 1, 2022. Bucking industry trends, Tech Mahindra’s attrition dropped year-on-year as well from the year-ago quarter. Tech Mahindra reported a decline in attrition rate to 20 percent in the quarter that ended September 30, 2022, the attrition in Q1 was […]

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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 […]

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Borzo onboards 4,000 delivery partners
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Borzo onboards 4,000 delivery partners

A leading courier delivery service, Borzo has announced that it has onboarded 4,000 delivery riders in the last two months. Eugene Panfilov, General Manager, of Borzo India, said, “The first post-pandemic year looks very promising as consumer sentiments are high. The expectation from this year’s upcoming festive season from Diwali to Christmas is robust demand.” […]

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Elon Musk asked to prepare a list of Twitter employees to be sacked
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Elon Musk asked to prepare a list of Twitter employees to be sacked

On October 4, Musk agreed to proceed on his originally proposed terms, and a Delaware Chancery Court judge gave the two sides until Oct. 28 to wrap up the deal. That deadline was met, and now Musk, who is CEO of both Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, also controls Twitter, a service he uses often but criticizes […]

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Capgemini organised Prithvi Mela in Hyderabad
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Capgemini organised Prithvi Mela in Hyderabad

Last week, a french multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, Capgemini organized a Prithvi Mela in Hyderabad. Sharing the information company said through a post, “We recently organized Prithvi Mela, a unique fair to inspire and empower all our employees to adopt a more environment-friendly lifestyle, at our Hyderabad campus.” “The objective was to create awareness and engage […]

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Anand Mahindra & Vijay Shekhar Sharma React to Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
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Anand Mahindra & Vijay Shekhar Sharma React to Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

Twitter has been taken over by Elon Musk, and many Indian Industrialists like Anand Mahindra & Vijay Shekhar Sharma have reacted to Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover. However, Musk has terminated Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde. According to ET, Most teams have been […]

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Employee accused of taking the car on 220km joyride
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Employee accused of taking the car on 220km joyride

According to TOI, In a recent case, an employee Amit Badgurjar (accused) who was posted as an office boy in the dealership escaped along with a brand-new demo car on Sunday night around 10 pm. This incident took place at the Chunabhatti-based car showroom. The case was logged by another employee Janoriya an HR Manager […]

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NITES condemns IBM Email for its employees on moonlighting
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NITES condemns IBM Email for its employees on moonlighting

Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has condemned IBM’s Email to its employees. It has been said that it is a clear Violation of Human Rights & Personal Liberty. Recently, Global tech major, IBM which employs over lakh individuals in India, has sent a strong message dissuading employees from moonlighting without following due process. India MD Sandip […]

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Microsoft to skill 45,000 women, and underserved youth in 3 years
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Microsoft to skill 45,000 women, and underserved youth in 3 years

Microsoft announced the expansion of its CyberShikshaa program in association with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), Tata STRIVE, and ICT Academy. In the next three years, the program aspires to reach 45,000 women and underserved youth with technical skills for careers in cybersecurity and provide internships or job opportunities for 10,000 learners. More […]

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Capgemini attrition stood at 26.8% for Q3; hiring fewer employees
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Capgemini attrition stood at 26.8% for Q3; hiring fewer employees

A French multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting, Capgemini has announced that it will be slowing down on hiring going forward due to slow growth. Capgemini Group reported consolidated revenues of €5,553 million in Q3 2022, up +22.0% year-on-year at current exchange rates and +15.7% at constant exchange rates. Capgemini follows the calendar year. The company has reported […]

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