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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Corporates find ways to break layoff news without breaking employee morale

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

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

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