I must have been in school when I first heard the slogan. I was passing a trade union meeting, and…
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Insights, opinions, and perspectives by Prajjal Saha, editor & publisher HRKatha
A general manager at a large Indian steel conglomerate recently described an exchange with his boss, the president, that has…
Consider two employees beginning their careers. One joins a technology company as a junior analyst. The employee has an academic…
The video of what appears to be a meeting between employees and Genpact’s employee relations team contains an allegation that…
A colleague leaves. The position is not immediately filled. The work, however, does not wait for the replacement. Some of…
The numbers that describe India’s GCC story in 2026 are impressive. More than 2,100 centres. About 2.36 million professionals. $98.4…
In the space of five weeks, the chairman of one of India’s most storied conglomerates announced that he would not…
They did not arrive announcing themselves. They joined as analysts, engineers, content writers, recruiters and consultants. On paper, they looked…
Nobody announced that work would change this way. There was no strategy document, pilot programme or change-management communication. An employee…
Walk into almost any organisation and you will hear some version of it. In town halls, one-on-ones and all-hands addresses,…
Organisations have spent decades making hiring more structured, more consistent and more defensible. The promotion decision has received no comparable…
Every year, organisations spend considerable money and management time pursuing workplace certifications. Employees are surveyed, submissions prepared, policies documented, results…
There is a test that every employee in every organisation applies, usually without naming it. It has nothing to do…
A senior television journalist, who now runs his own YouTube channel, was speaking to a student at Jantar Mantar during…
Something significant is happening to India’s technology workforce in 2026. Most people are describing the symptoms. Very few are examining…
I was speaking recently to the HR Head of a mid-sized IT company about hiring. We were discussing how recruitment…
There is a particular kind of trust between an employer and an employee who leaves their child at a company-run…
Someone I know spent eight and a half years building the research function at a mid-sized communications agency. This was…
Someone I know works with one of the world’s largest technology and consulting firms. Based in India, mid-level, close to…
Hire for potential, not just pedigree. Look beyond industry boundaries. Avoid groupthink. Value transferable capability. Bring in fresh perspective. Do…
The logic behind retirement at 60 once made sense. India was younger. Jobs were scarce. Retirement created predictable generational turnover.…
The org chart did not predict this shift. Business urgency did. Corporate HR structures still suggest a clear hierarchy. The…
Happy HR Day. Across LinkedIn today, companies will celebrate HR as the “voice of employees,” “people champions,” or “culture custodians.”…
A manufacturing engineer with twenty-five years in an automotive plant is an asset. They understand the production line, the tolerances…
The pattern is familiar enough that it no longer surprises. A senior leader exits. The succession discussion begins. And the…
The image circulated widely: a professional working from a parked car, laptop balanced precariously, joining calls between errands. Another showed…