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Updated on: Dec 2023
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HCLFoundation to skill Indian youth in manufacturing industry
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HCLFoundation to skill Indian youth in manufacturing industry

HCLFoundation, which delivers the corporate social responsibility agenda of HCLTech in India, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Stanley Black & Decker, a worldwide leader in tools and outdoor powered equipment, to skill youth in India to make them employable in the manufacturing industry. Stanley Black & Decker will establish training and development […]

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Infosys to skip campus hiring, announced salary hike from Nov. 1
Compensation

Infosys to skip campus hiring, announced salary hike from Nov. 1

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys to roll out wage hikes for employees from November 1. The company will skip campus hiring this year as it has a ‘way to go’ on utilization. However, it is monitoring the situation every quarter. Infosys Nilanjan Roy, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) said, “Wage hikes are announced and will […]

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Accenture will not hike salaries for Indian employees
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Accenture will not hike salaries for Indian employees

An Irish-American professional services company, Accenture will not hike salaries for Indian and Sri Lankan employees for fiscal year 2023. Accenture is also postponing promotions across senior management until June 2024. The company experienced a macro environment which was more challenging than anticipated at the beginning of FY23. As reported by the Economic Times, In an […]

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Wipro to roll out merit salary increases, effective by December 1
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Wipro to roll out merit salary increases, effective by December 1

An Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, Wipro to roll out merit salary increases, effective by December 1. As per the reports of The Economic Times an email to employees from Chief Human Resources Officer Saurabh Govil said, “Despite the current challenging and uncertain global market conditions, we are pleased to announce that our […]

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Swiggy Mumbai delivery team on indefinite strike, seeks pay hike
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Swiggy Mumbai delivery team on indefinite strike, seeks pay hike

An Indian online food ordering and delivery platform, Swiggy delivery team is on indefinite strike as they are seeking pay hike. The strike was started on October 8 and has since then affected the services of Swiggy in the Mumbai region. Meanwhile, Zomato’s services haven’t been impacted yet by the strike. One User said, “If you’ve been […]

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Wipro to roll out salary hikes in October quarter
Compensation

Wipro to roll out salary hikes in October quarter

An Indian multinational corporation, Wipro to roll out salary hikes in the October-December quarter, an average increase is expected at 6%-8%. According to Times of India, it is expected that the top performers at the organization will receive a salary hike in double-digit. Earlier, Wipro had postponed the salary hike of its employees to the […]

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Infosys to begin fresh appraisal cycle; last year hikes still pending
Compensation

Infosys to begin fresh appraisal cycle; last year hikes still pending

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys will be beginning a fresh appraisal cycle for its employees. The current performance evaluation at Infosys is for October 2022 to September 2023. The company will start its ‘performance review cycle–October 2023’ with self-evaluation on September 29. According to Economic Times, In the previous year, the appraisal process […]

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HR cuts employee salary after being stuck in company’s elevator
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HR cuts employee salary after being stuck in company’s elevator

The salary deduction can be different but recently a Reddit user shared a post saying that his salary was deducted by the HR after being stuck in company’s elevator. The post recently shared on Reddit said, “My office is on 7th floor and we need elevator to go up and down and from past few […]

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Byju’s defers to pay laid-off employees full & final settlements
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Byju’s defers to pay laid-off employees full & final settlements

Earlier in June, An Indian multinational educational technology company, Byju’s had laid off over 1,000 employees across various departments, including mentoring, logistics, training, sales, post-sales, and finance. According to Money Control report, Edtech Major said in a mail to the laid-off employees, “This is to inform you that the full and final settlement amount will be […]

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Salary expectation is intimidating to answer for freshers, here’re tips
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Salary expectation is intimidating to answer for freshers, here’re tips

Salary expectations are intimidating to answer for freshers. IT industry exploiting freshers but pays bigger salaries to seniors, says Ex Infosys director Mohandas Pai Recently, a final-year B.Tech student from NIT Jalandhar took to X (formally Twitter) on the relatively low salaries for fresh graduates and demanding work conditions. He shared a screenshot highlighting the terms and conditions of Tech […]

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Tech Mahindra Offering Low Salaries to Campus Hires?
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Tech Mahindra Offering Low Salaries to Campus Hires?

Due to Covid 19, earlier companies delayed the onboarding for the freshers. Post this the freshers did face the issue of salaries. Recently, a final-year B.Tech student from NIT Jalandhar took to X (formally Twitter) on the relatively low salaries for fresh graduates and demanding work conditions. He shared a screenshot highlighting the terms and […]

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IT Pay hikes 2023: Infosys, Wipro & other IT companies
Compensation

IT Pay hikes 2023: Infosys, Wipro & other IT companies

The employees who are working with IT companies are experiencing a mixed bag of salary increments. Most IT services-providing companies have announced Nil/less salary increments or deferred salary hikes due to economic uncertainties. Among the top IT companies in India, only TCS has rolled the salary increment for its employees of 12-15 percent. Here is […]

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