IT Job Losses

Work on to assess AI, job loss from GenAI not intense in India: IT secy

He said under the IndiaAI mission, the government has tried to make a subtle distinction between responsible AI as defined by the West -- which is not expected to be regulated by the government -- and

Updated On: 12 Dec 2024 | 11:35 PM IST

Entry-level coders must specialise to minimise risk of job loss: Experts

India has seen 15-20% drop in entry-level tech jobs, potentially linked to AI automation

Updated On: 07 Apr 2024 | 3:54 PM IST

Google slashes jobs in trust & safety while others work 'around the clock'

Google is increasing its reliance on its trust and safety staff, even if it's doing so with fewer people

Updated On: 02 Mar 2024 | 7:52 AM IST

2,500 IT freshers to be given pink slips for failing screening test: Report

The screening tests may also get more stringent as the firms are under pressure to honour campus offers but are already overstaffed

Updated On: 09 Feb 2023 | 9:36 AM IST

Google cuts add to tech wipeout that has claimed over 100,000 jobs

Big tech companies benefitted from boom in e-commerce sector that kicked off during Covid lockdowns in 2020 but now they are reporting declining growth rates as customer behavior returns to normal

Updated On: 20 Jan 2023 | 11:44 PM IST

For tech industry, 2022 was a year of mass layoffs; 2023 likely to be worse

The tech layoffs this year have exceeded the job cuts the sector faced globally during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 triggered by the Lehman Brothers' collapse

Updated On: 29 Dec 2022 | 9:22 PM IST

EPAM sacks around 100 Indian employees, revokes offer letter of others

At least EPAM 100 employees, across testing, .Net, DevOps, and Java domains in both firms - EPAM Systems and EPAM Anywhere - have been asked to resign

Updated On: 03 Oct 2022 | 9:34 AM IST

Haryana IT firms fear state's local hire law, predict severe impact: Study

80 per cent companies said that the law will hurt their business and investments plans, according to Nasscom survey

Updated On: 15 Mar 2021 | 11:22 PM IST

Covid-19 likely to impact 5% IT employees in India, take away 200,000 jobs

The Indian IT and BPM sector employs around 4.4 million people, directly and indirectly. Every year, around 2-3 per cent of the employee base get impacted owing to performance related issues

Updated On: 28 Aug 2020 | 1:27 AM IST

Corporates find ways to break layoff news without breaking employee morale

There might be many humane examples of companies parting ways with their talent

Updated On: 15 Sep 2019 | 10:38 PM IST

Small firms struggle to find talent in big IT job crunch

Employees with 7-15 years of experience stare at job losses if they fail to up-skill themselves

Updated On: 01 Jul 2017 | 11:42 PM IST

IT job losses and the govt's denial: Why is nobody taking responsibility?

From workforce realignment to rightsizing, IT industry is using jargon to justify job losses

Updated On: 01 Jun 2017 | 10:44 AM IST