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Leaked email from Mark Zuckerberg surfaces online

A leaked email from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently surfaced online, which asked an employee to resign due to inaccurate information about the...

Facebook is planning to cut more workforce next week

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is planning to cut thousands of jobs in order to meet their financial targets, according to Bloomberg. The...

Facebook will follow Instagram’s structure; middle managers to be demoted

As per an insider report, the Facebook division of Meta is considering downgrading some middle managers. Meta middle managers were asked to start contributing as...

Meta to slash more jobs and projects to mitigate costs

Meta is reportedly seeking help from lawyers, financial consultants and human resources personnel to prepare plans to shrink the hierarchy within the firm. The parent...

Financial woes and remote work cause Microsoft and Meta to vacate...

Amid layoffs in the tech sector, two of the tech industry's biggest names, Microsoft and Meta, are vacating office spaces. According to a report...

Are layoffs justified in a business downturn?

Of late, headlines have been all about layoffs, downsizing and retrenchment. All the big tech firms— including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook’s parent company Meta and...

Jaguar Land Rover to hire those let go by Meta, Twitter

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is looking out for talent in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, as well as autonomous driving,...

Thousands may be laid off at Meta this week

Meta, which is Facebook’s parent company, is all set to lay off thousands of employees this week. As per Wall Street Journal, a formal announcement...

Is Facebook preparing to fire 12,000?

There are reports of Meta, Facebook’s parent company, quietly laying off people. The Company is reportedly aiming to cut down 15 per cent of...

Meta to cut costs, freeze hiring, restructure groups

Is Meta experiencing a crisis? That is the question uppermost in the minds of most people as the parent company of Facebook has announced...

Meta’s contractual workers protest, seek fair contracts

With Meta, earlier Facebook, considering downsizing, many contract workers marched in protest at the Company’s headquarters. These unionised workers are seeking fair contracts. As per...

Mark Zuckerberg warns employees about repercussions of poor performance

In a weekly interaction with employees, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Meta, which owns Facebook, has indicated that the Company will up the heat in terms...

Meta to reduce hiring of engineers

Expecting a recession, Meta Platforms Inc. has decided to hire lesser number of engineers than it had initially planned. Instead of 10,000 new engineers that...

Reduced perks for Facebook staff

Meta, parent company of Facebook, has reportedly conveyed to the employees that most free services will be done away with. For instance, laundry and...

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp staff to submit proof of booster to return...

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has now mandated that all its employees produce proof of having got their booster shot before returning...

Facebook instructs employees to preserve internal documents for legal reasons

For a few months now, Facebook and its former employee-turned-whistleblower, Frances Haugen, have been in the news. Haugen had turned against his own company...

Facebook to pay $14.25 million in penalty for discriminatory hiring

Facebook will be liable to pay a large amount of $14.25 million in civil claims to the US government. The settlement comprises two separate...

Facebook to invest heavily in the EU, hire 10,000

Facebook is gearing to invest heavily in the European Union and create 10,000 jobs. It is looking at leveraging its universities, consumer market as...

‘Employers cannot impose vaccine mandate’: Texas governor

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, believes that even though vaccination remains the best protection for the population against COVID-19, it should be voluntary and...

Facebook staff to work from home till January 2022

Facebook has no plans to get its employees to return to office before January 2022. Earlier, in June, the tech company had said it...

80 Googlers fired for misusing user data since 2018

Google fired 36 employees last year, 26 the year before last and 18 in 2018, for defying privacy norms and misusing user data. The...

WFH option for all Facebook employees

Facebook will allow all its employees to work remotely, with effect from June 15, 2021, if they so wish and if their work can...

Apple terminates employee who authored ‘sexist and racist’ book

When Antonio Garcia Martinez joined Apple recently, he would never have thought he would lose the job so soon. His book called Chaos Monkeys...

Facebook allows staff to continue WFH, hints at pay variability

Facebook is allowing its employees to apply for permanent work-from-home or remote working roles, with approval from their superiors or managers. The social- media...

‘Air India’s social-media policy violates Fundamental Right’: Pilots to chairman

The union further stated that the policy, unlike social media policies adopted by several other employers, does not even attempt to draw a distinction...

Facebook will allow victims of domestic violence to avail paid leave

Employees of Facebook who fall victim to domestic violence or sexual assault will be able to avail up to 20 days of additional paid...

How this energy company is championing employee inclusivity & engagement

In today’s competitive business landscape, fostering an inclusive and engaging work environment is not just a feel-good initiative; it’s a strategic imperative. Jakson Green,...

Trident’s Asmita leaves blossom into inclusive workplaces

Forget the tired trope of corporate activism. In the heart of India's textile industry, Trident, a manufacturing company, is quietly weaving a revolution in...
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Engagement is outdated: The future of success lies in ‘employee involvement’

In the ever-evolving landscape of the contemporary workplace, a profound metamorphosis is underway, challenging the conventional emphasis on employee engagement. This paradigm shift posits...
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Tata Steel: Journey through excellence in talent acquisition 

Tata Steel, part of the Tata Group, is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is one of the world's leading steel...

Singapore government modifies foreign worker policy

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM), Singapore has modified the foreign worker policy. As per the modifications, the minimum qualifying salary for foreign workers to...

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BetterPlace & UP government to upskill 1 lakh frontline workers

By 2025, BetterPlace, the SaaS and horizontal platform for frontline workforce management will upskill about one lakh frontline workers, of which 25 per cent...

Cisco partners with Karnataka to bridge cybersecurity skills gap

Cisco has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka Innovation Technology Society (KITS). The collaboration aims to train 40,000 individuals in...

TTD grants 9,000 house site pattas

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has distributed 9,000 house site pattas to both serving and retired employees through a three-phased process. Earlier, the Tirupati...

Bizongo’s upgraded parenthood policy offers leaves/support for adoption, IVF, egg freezing

Bizongo’s upgraded Parenthood Journey Policy will cover adoption leaves, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) leaves as well as leaves for egg freezing. The company realises...

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Data analytics and not technology will redefine HR

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EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO

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