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IT firms extend WFH by 03 months due to COVID-19 spike
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IT firms extend WFH by 03 months due to COVID-19 spike

IT firms extend WFH by 03 months due to COVID-19 spike COVID-19 cases are increasing across the country. Many IT and ITES companies especially in Bengaluru are extending the work from home (WFH) for their employees by 03 more months. Government employees are also asking for work from home options and pointing out that they […]

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Google opens Career Certificate Program; Accenture, Infosys, Cognizant to hire them
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Google opens Career Certificate Program; Accenture, Infosys, Cognizant to hire them

Google opens Career Certificate Program; Accenture, Infosys, Cognizant to hire them Google has opened up enrollment for its latest career certificate programs and announced new tools and resources for job seekers. In a blog post, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said the certificate courses are part of the company’s efforts to help workers upskill to high-demand […]

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10,000 workers now part of Facebook AR/VR division
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10,000 workers now part of Facebook AR/VR division

10,000 workers now part of Facebook AR/VR division Nearly 10,000 Facebook employees – almost a fifth of its total workforce — are currently working in the augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) labs, clearly indicating that the social network has bet really big on the immersive technology. According to The Information, Facebook has planned an aggressive […]

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Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity grows
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Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity grows

Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity grows Alphabet Inc’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on academic freedom and diversity that were on display since its December dismissal of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru. Google said in a statement […]

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TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant join WEF coalition to tackle workplace racism
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TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant join WEF coalition to tackle workplace racism

TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant join WEF coalition to tackle workplace racism Indian IT majors Infosys and TCS on Monday joined global giants like Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Bank of America in an international coalition launched by the World Economic Forum to tackle racism in workplaces. Announcing the coalition during its week-long online Davos Agenda Summit, the WEF said it would work towards improving […]

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Cisco, Oracle, IBM Workers ‘Anxious’ About Job Cuts
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Cisco, Oracle, IBM Workers ‘Anxious’ About Job Cuts

Cisco, Oracle, IBM Workers ‘Anxious’ About Job Cuts Cisco, Oracle, and IBM topped a list of companies with employees that constantly feel anxious about losing their jobs, according to a recent survey conducted by Blind and released by job board Dice. The survey found that 62% of Cisco employees said that “yes, I am constantly anxious” about getting fired, which […]

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Google to offer free weekly COVID-19 tests to all US employees
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Google to offer free weekly COVID-19 tests to all US employees

Google to offer free weekly COVID-19 tests to all US employees Google is offering free weekly Covid-19 tests to 90,000 employees in the US. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, every US Google employee (and its subsidiaries, including YouTube) will be eligible to sign up for a free at-home test. Google is paying its partner, […]

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Google extends work from home policy till September 2021
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Google extends work from home policy till September 2021

Google extends work from home policy till September 2021 Google has announced to extend its work from home policy till September 2021. Google had earlier planned to reopen offices by summer next. But it has now allowed those employees who don’t need to be in an office to work from home till September. Google CEO […]

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Google ropes in new Personnel Head from AstraZeneca
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Google ropes in new Personnel Head from AstraZeneca

Google ropes in new Personnel Head from AstraZeneca Google has hired a top executive from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to oversee its personnel policies amid ongoing tensions with many employees who are upset with the company’s policies. The hiring of Fiona Cicconi also comes while Google sets up plans to allow people to continue to work […]

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Google CEO says company will review AI scholar’s abrupt exit
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Google CEO says company will review AI scholar’s abrupt exit

Google CEO says company will review AI scholar’s abrupt exit Sacramento (US), Dec 10 (AP) Google CEO Sundar Pichai has apologised for how a prominent artificial intelligence researcher’s abrupt departure last week has “seeded doubts” in the company. Pichai told Google employees in a Wednesday memo obtained by Axios that the tech company is beginning […]

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We face a competitive environment, says Google CEO
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We face a competitive environment, says Google CEO

We face a competitive environment, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai Even as scrutiny of Google’s dominance on Internet search intensifies, the CEO of the company, Sundar Pichai, has said that it faces a competitive environment. In an earnings call with analysts on Thursday, Pichai said that the company is confident about the benefits it brings to […]

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