Tag: Vodafone

Vodafone to cut around 1000 jobs in Italy

Vodafone intends to reduce its workforce in Italy by approximately 1,000 jobs. The decision is part of a broader cost-saving initiative aimed at overhauling...

Tarun NP Varma moves from Shell to TCP, as global CHRO

Tarun NP Varma, who was vice president – HR, global technology division, Shell, has now joined Tata Consumer Products (TCP) as global CHRO. This alumnus...

Vodafone Idea faces employee exodus as sales team quits

Vodafone Idea (VIL) has been facing financial difficulties for some time now, and the loss of subscribers is just one of the many challenges...

Pine Labs ropes in Srinivasan J as head – HR services

After over six successful years with Diageo, as VP-HR operations, Diageo Business Services India, Srinivasan J has joined Pine Labs as head – HR...

Metro Cash & Carry’s Payal Nambiar joins Spinny as head-HR

Spinny, a full-stack used car marketplace, which recently turned unicorn, has appointed Payal Nambiar as its new head-HR, to spearhead the HR function. Talking...

Ex-HR head from Vodafone & Airtel, Jagdish B joins Niyo

Neo-banking platform, Niyo has roped in Jagdish B as head-HR. Jagdish is a seasoned HR professional from the telecom sector, and has worked with...

Nupur Nagpal named new CHRO at Myntra

Myntra has announced the appointment of Nupur Nagpal as its new CHRO. In this role, Nagpal will lead the human capital function at Myntra,...

Manyavar-Mohey elevates Kanchan Banerjee as CHRO

Vedant Fashions, which owns Manyavar-Mohey, the ethnic wear brand, has promoted Kanchan Banerjee to the position of chief human resources officer (CHRO). In her...

Nokia will assess its panel firms on their DE&I practices

Nokia, the Finnish telecommunication company, has set up a scorecard system to assess the panel law firms it will partner with. The Company will...

Rohit Kumar appointed CHRO, EuroKids International

EuroKids International, the Indian early education and K12 company has announced the appointment of Rohit Kumar as its new chief human resource officer (CHRO)....

Surender Mehta to join Nykaa as CHRO

Surender Mehta is set to join Nykaa as chief human resources officer. In this new role, he will further the company values and promote...

Vodafone staff to enjoy 16 weeks’ parental leave

Vodafone, the British multinational telecommunication company, has recently announced that all its employees will now be allowed to take 16 weeks of fully-paid parental...

Sandeep Gulati appointed MD, ManpowerGroup, India

ManpowerGroup, the global workforce solutions company, recently appointed Sandeep Gulati as its new managing director, India operations. Gulati, who takes over from AG Rao, is...

How can HR ensure the success of a strategic alliance?

There are many examples of strategic alliances in India, where two organisations have come together to achieve a certain goal. One such example is...

Vodafone helps youth to match skills with jobs

The Company’s new online platform, Future Jobs Finder, will offer career guidance, training and also help to search meaningful jobs in the global digital economy.

THC2.0: Vodafone loves its customers; how about its employees?

Happy customers are made by happy employees. Hence, process experience for employees has to be that simple too. Sanchayan Paul, head of rewards–effectiveness and change, Vodafone, shares the secret recipe behind ensuring employee happiness at the workplace.

Ashok Ramachandran to join Aditya Birla Group as group executive president...

The move comes after his successful stint, with Vodafone India, of over six years.

Better safe than sorry

World Safety Day was observed on April 28, followed by the UN Global Safety Week scheduled from May 4–10. Organisations across the nation used this as an opportunity to review their organisational safety measures and reinforce among their employees and business associates the need to be safe and well.

Extended maternity benefits: Vodafone’s gift on Women’s Day

Vodafone becomes one of the few organisations in the world, after the United Nations, to have a uniform maternity policy, worldwide.

Vodafone adapts ‘Shramdan’ as practice

It's one of the few companies which allows its employees work full-time dedicatedly with a cause focussed NGO and also pay them for the same.

Vodafone to hire 130 management trainees through ‘Discover Campus 2015’

Trainees to be given the opportunity of a lifetime to groom themselves into competitive individuals with leadership skills…

Amit Das: A relationship person

Twenty years in human resources has helped Amit Das, president and CHRO, Reliance Communications, change his outlook towards life. An avid reader, who derives insights from intellectually stimulating discussions with even his close friends, is a true global HR leader. HR Katha traces his professional journey and the learning that have shaped his great career…

559 job cuts at Microsoft’s Seattle office

Microsoft has recently made headlines for laying off 559 employees from its offices in Bellevue and Redmond, Washington. The announcement was made by the...

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Twitter staff offered stock grants worth $20 bn

Twitter employees are set to receive stock-based grants worth about $20 billion, as reported by Wall Street Journal. However, this is not even 50...

GitHub slashes all engineering roles in India

GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft, has let go of around 142 engineering positions in its India division. Amid challenging global market conditions, this...

Drawbacks and benefits of hiring polymaths

Given today's fast-paced and complex business environment, companies need to be able to adapt to changes quickly and solve complex problems in innovative ways....

Pay raise for UK employees: Amazon 

On March 22, 2023, Amazon announced an increase in the minimum starting pay for its UK employees to a range of 11 pounds to...

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EQ, IQ & empathy define the success of a CEO

Q. You spent 16 years at LIC before moving to a corporate role at ICICI Prudential. Now, 22 years on, I am still curious...

“The big change has been that we have moved from jobs to skills,” Amaresh...

Q. How would you define the culture at GE? A. Having been present in this region since 1902, GE has been around for 120 years....

“Being good to everyone is being unjust to performers,” Mathew Job, CEO, Crompton

Q. In today’s times, what’s more challenging for a CEO like you — profit & business growth, talent & people, diversification, compliance or managing...