Tag: Google

Sundar Pichai, who is now CEO, Alphabet Inc. too, will be receiving an annual salary of more than $242 million, including performance-based stock awards...

A lawsuit filed in Washington, by International Rights Advocates, is demanding damages from some of the big names in the technology space, including Google,...

In a recent turn of events, the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) of the US has officially begun its inquiry into Google’s practices following...

Four employees of Google, who recently got terminated, will be filing charges against the Company alleging unfair labour practices. They believe they were fired...

On 22 November, Friday, around 200 employees staged a protest against Google’s alleged attempts to silence the workforce. The American multinational technology company recently...

Taking strict action against its employees for violating company policy and participating in activism at work, Google has terminated one employee and sent two...

Google is again making headlines with its operations and policies. Its employees have alleged that an internal surveillance tool developed by the Company is...

Google has pledged to train 250,000 Americans to take on technology jobs in the future. It has committed to a White House programme aimed...

According to a settlement with the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB), Google has been required to post a list of employees’ rights. Most of...

Anthony Levandowski, who was an engineer and one of the founding members of the self-driving car project at Google, was accused of stealing trade...

Google issues policy to stop non-work discussions at the workplace. It warns against office conversations on the latest news or any debate topic and...

Google has once again been accused of discrimination and retaliation, and this time by a pregnant employee. The concerned employee sent a detailed internal...

IBM is reported to have laid off almost 100,000 employees in the past five years, in trying to ensure a more millennial-dominated workplace. An ex-vice...

Sit-outs and protests amongst the labour class in the manufacturing units are not new to businesses. Through these protests the workers either raise their...

Google has conveyed to its staff through an internal memo that Pride protests are a violation of the Company’s code of conduct, and therefore,...

Employees at Facebook seem to like their CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, much less now. According to a survey by Glassdoor, for the very first time...

Employees of Google are demanding that Larry Page, CEO, Alphabet, which is Google’s parent company, meet them and resolve their issues. The group of employees...

Two women employees of Google, who were the force behind the walkout by Google staff last year, have revealed that the Company has retaliated...

Former senior VP of Google, Amit Singhal, had resigned from the Company following investigations into sexual harassment allegations. However, it has come to light...

When the policies pertaining to handling of sexual harassment cases at Google were revised and updated recently, the Company did not factor in its...

Google has committed to changing the way it handles sexual misconduct cases, following its workforce staging a walk-out from its offices across the globe...

Google employees across the world abandoned their desks at 11 a.m. on November 1, as a mark of protest at the manner in which...

They voiced their demand for a role in evaluating company projects so that they do not end up as partners in any crime. 

Google partners with Cisco and Genesys to build artificial intelligence (AI) technology that will replace some of the work in call centres.

The new guidelines aim to control so-called trolling, where employees deliberately behave provocatively or offensively online to evince strong reactions.

Employees do not want to support or be part of any military work. 

A good power nap helps improve productivity and brain functioning.

Lee, a woman software engineer, alleged that Google has a "bro-culture" that allowed her to be sexually harassed daily, and that the Company did nothing to intervene.

 

These engineers have been working closely with Google on the Pixel smartphone line. 

Over a lakh scholarships will be given to help developers enhance their skills and employability in emerging technologies.

James Damore’s memo resulted in his ouster.

A 100-hour course to train developers to create applications for the mobile platform.

The resume should begin with an active verb, quantify a person’s accomplishments in numbers, provide a baseline for comparison and then explain what the candidate did to achieve goals.

Dorothee Burkel, will begin her new assignment in October this year.

It will pull job listings from various sources across the internet and put them in the search result in a clean, relevant and informative way.  

Competitive salary and employee benefits continue to be the top priority among the Indian workforce, while choosing an employer, followed by good work–life balance.

The complainant has alleged that Google forces workers to spy on each other through a programme called ’Stopleaks’ that requires them to report the disclosure of confidential information.

Laszlo Bock, the man behind Google's culture now plans to to launch a startup.

The company has apparently donated $30 million worth of Chromebooks, phones and associated tech support to schools on its employees’ behalf.

Hornsey has been a VP at Google and is current operating partner at SoftBank.

A civil lawsuit was filed last week, accusing Samsung and LG of agreeing to avoid poaching each other's US employees.

The initiative will train two million developers in India over the next three years.

Among other Indian companies, Infosys, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), Air India, Flipkart, Wipro, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, ONGC, L&T, Mahindra & Mahindra, Aditya Birla Group, Indian Oil, BHEL (Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.), Snapdeal, HCL and NPTC also feature in the list.

The project manager, who was fired for slating the CEO on social media, has filed a legal suit in retaliation. Meanwhile, the CEO, Tony Fadell has also put in his papers.

Designing a perk is an exercise. In the minds of employees, perks serve as a significant differentiator between companies.

Putting employees under surveillance to measure efficiency, and ensure data security is a common practice. However, constant surveillance also increases fear and stress levels in employees and decreases trust levels.  

Google and the Tatas have come together to launch Android Nanodegree programmes in India.

Google and BCG will create a learning curriculum to help companies build their digital marketing skills…