After a successful decade-long stint with Genpact, Rohit Johar, moves to Amazon as HR director, India. His last-held position at Genpact was that of VP, global HR leader, banking & financial services. Johar had joined Genpact in 2012, as assistant VP GE Capital and HR site leader. By 2017, he was VP, global operations leader. Less than two years into this role, he was elevated to VP- digital transformation and M&A. In this role, he successfully led the functional Integration strategy for four global acquisitions (Israel, US, UK, Australia). By 2021, he had been elevated to VP, global HR leader,…
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EnKash, a business spend-management platform has rolled out an industry-first incentive programme called the ‘Attitude Bonus’. Through this special programme, EnKash will honour its staff members for their initiative and intrapreneurial outlook on the job, focusing more on the company’s growth. Additionally, the programme aims to help participants develop a variety of abilities, raise their level of responsibility and accountability, even while enhancing their general performance. EnKash believes that it’s crucial to ensure a fair assessment of employees’ efforts, and hence, the Bonus is a tracker-based system. This system will allow the team members to keep track of how many…
Harsh Aparanji, former global HR director of DXC Technology, has moved to the Landmark Group as CHRO, to head the HR for the Company in India. An alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur, Aparanji shared his excitement on LinkedIn at having “interacted with several business leaders and the HR team on Day 1” at Landmark. He also observes with admiration that they are all ”full of passion to excel”. After completing an MBA in HR, Aparanji joined Colgate Palmolive as plant HR manager (labour relations) and talent strategy manager. For seven years, he led all HR, labour relations and union-related activities across…
After the massive layoffs, the majority of the benefits that Twitter used to give its employees have apparently been reduced by Elon Musk. These benefits include many that are offered by IT businesses around the world, including wellness events that promote employee productivity and well-being, and free home-internet service. These were implemented in the midst of the pandemic to help Twitter employees perform their duties conveniently and smoothly. Furthermore, this new rule also eliminates one of their largest benefits, which includes training and development, finishing school, day-care facilities for staff members’ children, as well as quarterly team outings. While it…
A young Chinese woman, who carries the surname Tan, has taken up a unique job, where she says she enjoys peace, an ideal work environment and ample leisure time. The icing on the cake is that she does not have to deal with office politics! Her job is that of grave keeper, a name she herself has given to the role. This 22-year old woman works in a cemetery in Chongqing, China. She has now become famous because of the videos and pictures of her ‘workplace’ that she posted on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. With access to the…
The Union Labour Ministry has reportedly sent a notice to Amazon India seeking an explanation with regard to the retrenchment of employees without serving them a notice. Amazon India had rolled out a voluntary separation programme (VSP) last week, aimed at reducing its team size. What did the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) find unethical? Well, as per the VSP, the employees of Amazon India have been given a deadline of 30 November 2022, by which they have to either quit on their own and avail the benefits of the separation scheme or be prepared to be laid off…
Twitter has been hogging the limelight for some time now. First, for its controversial and long-draw acquisition by Elon Musk and then by the string of layoffs that followed immediately after the deal came through. After asking Parag Agarwal, CEO of Twitter to leave immediately after acquiring the social-media company, Musk fired thousands of Twitter employees. He did away with 50 per cent of the globaly workforce. Of course, employees in India were also impacted, including engineers. Later contract workers were also laid off, and it is reported that the entire communications, marketing, as well as partner-relations teams working out…
Employees of the West Bengal government have been seeking revision of dearness allowance as per the 7th Pay Commission. They held protests outside the West Bengal Assembly demanding DA hike at par with their counterparts working for the Central government. During the protest, some disgruntled employees even tried to force their way into the Assembly, and a clash with the police ensued. Later, scores of demonstrators were taken into custody by the police. These protests have been going on for some time now to bring attention to the fact that the staff have yet to receive their salaries as per…
In these times of uncertainty and layoffs, Larsen and Turbo (L&T), the multinational engineering and construction firm has onboarded more than 3,000 new engineering trainees for its current FY23. Reportedly, the Company has doubled its hiring for FY23, as compared to FY22. “The onboarding of over 3000 graduate and post-graduate engineering trainees in FY23 marks a more than three-fold increase over the last fiscal’s 1,067 figure,” the Company said in a statement. It is also worth noting that 30 per cent of the current batch of fresh engineers are women, which is commendable given the fact that 75 per cent…
Till 31 December 2023, international students in Canada will be allowed to take up work outside their campuses for over 20 hours a week. That means, they will now be able to work more hours and earn more while trying to complete their education. This reform is a temporary step to help fulfil the labour shortage in the country, and will benefit over five lakh students who have come to study in Canada. Foreign nationals who have applied for study permit will also benefit from this move. The move was announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser. The country has been…
Lufthansa, the German airline has launched its hiring campaign this week. On its way to recovery after the pandemic, the airline is preparing for the expected surge in travel, and is looking to hire about 20,000 people. Hiring is on for about 45 roles, including that of pilots, flight attendants, technicians, IT specialists and lawyers. The airline is advertising via print, radio and social media. The advertised roles include new positions as well as posts that were rendered vacant due to old employees exiting during the pandemic. Vacancies exist across various locations, including Zurich, Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, and Hamburg.…
As per the data revealed in a statistics handbook released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Tamil Nadu are amongst the top states when it comes to offering the highest daily wage rates. The average daily wage of construction workers is highest in Kerala at Rs 837.3 per day. This is more than three times the rates paid to workers in Tripura and Madhya Pradesh. In J&K, a daily wager earns Rs 519 on an average, while in Tamil Nadu the daily earning is almost Rs 478 on an average. In Himachal Pradesh,…
Alphabet, the parent company of Google is preparing to reduce its workforce by six per cent. It will let go about 10,000 employees based on their poor performance. The employees on the lowest rank will have to leave, basis the ranking system used by the Company, This move is in response to the mounting pressure on Alphabet to reduce headcount at the Company, which presently has around 1,87,000 employees in its workforce. Managers at Google have been asked to study the performance of the employees and rank them accordingly, so that those on the lowest rank, that is the poor…
With an aim to help employees connect beyond work and achieve a healthy work-life balance, Synchrony, the financial services company, has come up with regional engagement hubs. Spread across India, the regional engagement hubs hold in-person activities to keep its remote employees engaged. The most recent activity was held in Delhi NCR. These in-person activities, called Friyay Mixers, facilitate connection between members of the workforce. Reiterating that employee engagement and well-being will continue to be at the core of the processes at the Company, Gaurav Sehgal, SVP, human resources – Asia, Synchrony, said that “the regional engagement hubs will serve…
TikTok, the short-form video platform is one of the rare companies that is still hiring at a time when the tech sector is laying off people, globally. In fact, the short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance is gearing to add about 3,000 engineers across its global offices. It is also looking at expanding the engineering team in the US, which is already 1,000 strong, as well as its workforce in Singapore. The Company wishes to focus on its budding e-commerce team and also add more talent to its commercialisation team. The latter will work on ways…
In an attempt to cut annual costs by about $1.4 billion, Hewlett-Packard, the computer-manufacturing company, is planning to let go about 4,000 to 6,000 people from its workforce. This reduction in headcount will be carried out over a period of three years, given the unfavourable market conditions and volatility of the economic scenario. It is expected that the move will make the firm ready for the future and place it in a better position to serve its customers. The strategy will also ensure creation of value in the long term, as costs will be reduced and reinvestment will be facilitated…
After making headlines for the controversial firing of employees, Twitter seems to be hiring actively again. Over the past one month, about two-thirds of the Twitter staff was asked to leave post acquisition by Elon Musk. Musk had issued an ultimatum saying that those who wish to stay on at Twitter should be ready to put in extra hours and follow a ‘hardcore’ work culture or accept the severance pay being offered and leave. Post this, A significant number of engineers and techies had preferred to put in their papers enmasse and exit last week, rather than stay on and…
About seven per cent of Amazon’s total global workforce of about 1.5 million, operates from India. With the tech giant reportedly set to cut about 10,000 jobs across divisions, hundreds of employees in India will also lose their jobs. Meanwhile, the voluntary separation programme (VSP) rolled out by Amazon India has been termed illegal and unethical by the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), the IT & ITes employees labour union. Many employees of Amazon India approached NITES stating that they are being forced to resign voluntarily. Amazon India has set a deadline of 30 November 2022, for its employees…
As per the provisional data released by the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), 16.82 lakh net members have been added to EPFO in September 2022. Compared to the same time last year, that is, September 2021, there is a rise of 9.14 per cent in net membership. Of the 16.82 lakh net members added, around 9.34 lakh are first-time members and about 2.94 lakh are youngsters in the age bracket of 18 to 21 years. Women make up 26.36 per cent of the new enrolments. About 2,861 new establishments have begun to provide social security to their workforce in according…
Air India (AI) is reported to be looking out for 100 pilots for its Boeing 777 fleet of wide-body planes. The carrier is open to hiring pilots from abroad, and has reportedly started its search for suitable candidates through various agencies. Now owned by the Tata Group, AI is not only introducing more flights to international destinations, but looking to expand its fleet of wide-body aircraft as well. Naturally, it will require more experienced pilots to fly the same. As per the advertisements by certain agencies, AI is offering a salary of $11,500 per month (net of taxes) and $133.30…
Foxconn, the supplier of Apple iPhones, has reportedly imposed a hiring pause. Why? Because it is facing shortage of space to quarantine workers at its plant. To meet the surge in demand for iPhones, given the holiday and gifting season round the corner, the Company actually needs about a lakh new workers to be able to fulfil the orders. However, many of the existing workers stopped showing up due to fear of COVID. Also, there is no space for new workers to undergo the four-day mandatory quarantine before joining active work. Lockdowns and COVID-19 related restrictions have adversely affected shipping,…
A strike by rail union workers so close to the holiday season will be quite a disaster for the US economy, but it looks inevitable presently. Of the 12 rail unions in the US, the largest one comprising primarily conductors, has refused to accept the latest wage deal. The deal offers 24 per cent hikes and $5,000 in bonuses. The deal was rejected by the train and engine service members of the transportation division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD), comprising conductors, brakemen and other workers. Three other unions have also rejected the…
As per the recommendation of the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP), the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), will soon direct all CBSE-affiliated schools to migrate to the 5+3+3+4 system of education and scrap the current 10+2 format. The new periodical education system will be effective from the upcoming academic session in all CBSE-affiliated schools in India. The CBSE will soon begin the creating a school registry, teacher registry and student registry to track the growth of resources throughout the stages of schooling. The 5+3+3+4 periodical education system is based on the cognitive developmental stages of the children. The new…
About five per cent of the workforce at Cisco may have to leave as the Company is looking at ‘rebalancing’ and ‘rightsizing’ some of its businesses. Media reports suggest that about 4,000 employees may be rendered jobless in its presently 83,000-strong global workforce. The Company denies that this is a cost-cutting exercise and prefers to refer to this as ‘rebalancing’. Cisco seeks to focus and invest more on cloud-delivered products. In fact, the Company claims to have generated new openings in the new areas of focus. Details of the layoffs are yet to be made public. According to the first…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is looking out for talent in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, as well as autonomous driving, cloud software and electrification. Owned by Tata, JLR is all set to fill at least 800 vacancies across Ireland, China, Hungary, India and the US. It is willing to hire the employees laid off by Meta and Twitter recently, to fill the vacant posts in digital and engineering services. The British automobile manufacturing company, is setting up a jobs portal that will benefit those professionals who have been displaced from companies in the tech space. It…
Only last week Twitter had made headlines when many employees had quit the social-media company in response to Elon Musk’s ‘ultimatum’. Musk had said that those who wish to stay should be ready to put in extra hours and follow a ‘hardcore’ work culture or accept the severance pay being offered and leave. A significant number of engineers and techies had preferred to put in their papers enmasse and exit last week. Now, Musk is reportedly all set to sack more employees, this time in the sales and partnership verticals of Twitter. It is reported that Musk has asked leaders…