Tag: Cognizant

Union of IT and ITES employees (UNITE) is not ready to take the recent announcement made by Cognizant to lay off thousands, lightly. According...

Cognizant, the information technology company, is planning to lay off 7000 employees in the next couple of quarters. The Company is also readying to...

American information technology company, Cognizant, has a 2.88 lakh strong workforce globally, of which one lakh are women, that is, 34 per cent. The...

A research has recently revealed that the average wage paid by Indian IT services firms to their employees in the US, is about $96,300....

Information technology company, Cognizant, is taking measures to cut down on expenses. Not only will the company slow down hiring, but it will also...

American multinational IT services company, Cognizant, is reportedly planning to increase the variable component of its employees’ pay package. This will help the Company...

American multinational IT services provider, Cognizant, is expected to hike the pay packages of its entry-level engineers in India by about 18 per cent....

Cognizant, the US-based IT services company, is expected to lay off a significant number of its employees, most of them in India. It is...

A cost-cutting drive at US-based IT company, Cognizant, did not stop its senior executives from getting double-digit hikes in salary last year. Former CEO of...

Facebook, the social-media platform has always been counted amongst the hip places to work in. However, a recent report in The Verge suggests that...

The Forum for Information Technology Employees (FITE), Maharashtra recently met with Maharashtra Labour Minister Sambhaji Patil Nilangikar and other senior officials to discuss various...

American multinational IT services provider, Cognizant, has been certified as a Top Employer for 2019, not only across 10 countries of Europe, but also...

India’s top five IT companies witnessed the most extraordinary hiring figures ever in the quarter ending September. In fact, the hiring figures were the...

The multinational will downsize at the top level, to make way for the juniors.

Allapur will move from Capgemini, where he was CHRO, global head-HR, business services

Over a lakh employees volunteered to reach out to students, even in remote areas, to teach and guide them.

Value of investment (VoI) includes increased awareness about health and health programmes, improved employee engagement and better brand recall for the organisation

The Company is attempting to increase its cost margins and revenue growth.

Around 20 executives have written a letter to the CEO and chief people officer of the company, intimating their decision to take a pay cut ranging from 10 per cent to 20 per cent.

The scenario is another indicator that the IT industry going through a tough phase.

The IT giant has increased local hiring in the past two years.

Large-scale white-collar displacement at middle and senior levels is a relatively new phenomenon in the Indian business environment, which both employees and employers are ill equipped to handle. This will certainly increase the chances of unions playing a more dominant role.

With dipping revenues, falling hiring numbers and the kind of talent sought by IT industry undergoing a massive change, what will keep the charm intact? 

Employees with over Rs 40 lakh in annual salaries or those at the director and senior VP level are being considered. 

In an endeavour to shift its focus from traditional IT services to digital, the company plans to trim its workforce

Cognizant recently allowed its employees in India — in support functions — to work from home as part of a space-management strategy.

In his new role, Das will focus on strengthening leadership practice.

Organisations are ready to hire new set of recruits – not the millennials or Gen Z – it’s the smart machines and artificial intelligence. The new workplace will see humans and intelligent machines working in tandem.