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Chithra Thomas appointed HR head at Tesla India

Tesla has appointed its new country HR leader, Chithra Thomas. With 18 years of experience in HR backing her, Thomas has moved from Reliance...

Godrej centralises HR processes to serve its employees better

Redefining HR processes is one of the many measures an organisation takes to better its workplace diversity and culture. Godrej decided to bring all...

TODAY'S NEWS

Anant Goenka is vice chairman, CEAT; Arnab Banerjee is MD &...

Anant Goenka, who was earlier MD and CEO, CEAT, will now be vice chairman of the tyre major, while Arnab Banerjee, current chief operation...

Govt implements ESMA as UP power employee protest continues

The ongoing strike by power department employees in Uttar Pradesh has disrupted normal life in the state, with many hospitals suffering from power outages....

Hybrid: Will solos be better off working remotely & team players...

When organisations began initiating return to office in 2022, many employees refused to give up the convenience of remote work. The hybrid model was...

What jobs can AI replace?

Organisations today are investing heavily to ensure their employees are at the top of their game. They are restructuring work environments, adding more benefits...

Anant Goenka is vice chairman, CEAT; Arnab Banerjee is MD &...

Anant Goenka, who was earlier MD and CEO, CEAT, will now be vice chairman of the tyre major, while Arnab Banerjee, current chief operation...

IR Talks with Sarajit Jha, chief business transformation & digital solutions,...

Sarajit Jha, chief chief business transformation & digital solutions, Tata Steel talks to Prajjal Saha, editor, HRKatha on Tata Steel's extraordinary approach on digitalisation...

IR Talks with Pankaj Kumar, Ex-Chief TQM & Corporate Quality Assurance,...

Tata Steel is a Deming Prize winner - which is considered as the Nobel in Quality Management. Under the leadership of Late Sir JJ...

THIS WEEK

Why companies should have short-term goals to fit the younger generation

The younger generation, including Millennials and Gen Z, are rapidly becoming the largest demographic in the workforce and job market. Therefore, companies need to...

Cadila Pharma faces worker protest over alleged termination

Employees of Cadila Pharmaceuticals staged a protest demonstration outside the company's Samba plant in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, alleging that some workers had...

Meta cuts jobs, terminates 1,500+ employees in HR and other departments

Meta has commenced the process of laying off its workforce after announcing plans to let go of 10,000 employees, reported Bloomberg. The company is...

US tech industry cut 63,000 jobs this year

Of the over 1.8 lakh jobs that have been axed in the US this year, about 63,216 jobs are from the tech industry. As per...

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Layoffs at Freshworks

Freshworks, a SaaS firm listed on Nasdaq, recently carried out another round of layoffs in its Indian and US offices. The company clarified that...

Virgin Orbit furloughs staff, grapples with financial crisis

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Meta-hoarding employees; paying workers to ‘fake work’

An ex-employee of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has accused the organisation of paying employees to pretend to work. Britney Levy, who was laid...

‘Googlers’ in Zurich stage walkout to support laid-off colleagues

In support of their colleagues who were laid off globally, about 250 Google employees in Zurich recently staged a walkout. The protesters are urging...

PARTNER POSTS

Why trust systems over fads for predictable results in recruiting the right candidates?

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How to build a thriving workplace culture by integrating recognition and leveraging the power...

The past three years have prompted us to re-evaluate our lives in very meaningful ways - finding fulfilment in what we do or seeking...

How recruiters can hire talent that joins & stays

Joining & attrition scenario these days Organisations are hiring vigorously these days as they've realised that they need good talent to scale business, reduce...

Early Attrition Affecting Company’s Performance? Avoid It With the Right Hiring Practices

A company’s attrition rate is the rate at which people leave. It is calculated by dividing the number of people who have left the...

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