Page 4 - Jobs And Employees

Musk refuses to reimburse 'millions of dollars' owed to Twitter vendors

This comes amid, several cost-cutting measures by Musk to make Twitter more profitable, including layoffs across Twitter offices around the world

In layoff season, Google may fire 10,000 'low performing' employees

The news on layoff at Google has come within days of a letter that hedge fund TCI, an investor in the company, wrote to Alphabet. TCI has shares worth $6 billion in Alphabet

Twitter France head Damien Viel quits amid mass layoffs, says 'It's over'

Damien Viel, who confirmed his departure in a separate message to Bloomberg, had led the region for about seven years

Layoffs are part of annual operating planning review process: Amazon

Sources say attempts being made to absorb staff in other units

Tech Mahindra to come out with moonlighting policy this month: Report

Many employees working from home during the pandemic took up side jobs without the approval of their parent firm

Twitter bankruptcy possible if cash burn doesn't stop, Musk tells employees

Confidence in the company has eroded so rapidly that, even before Musk's bankruptcy comments, some funds were offering to buy the loans for as little as 60 cents on the dollar

Facing deportation, sacked workers on US visas say Meta abandoned them

The affected workers have now created a WhatsApp group to share their concerns. A majority of the about 300 people in the group are from India, the report said

9 in 10 Indians believe hybrid job improves work-life balance: Survey

More than 9 in 10 Indian employees believe that a hybrid work environment improves work-life balance and over 7 in 10 say that the hybrid work model is more productive, a report showed

After firing half of Twitter's workers, Musk now asks some to return

Some of those who are being asked to return were laid off by mistake, according to two people familiar with the moves

Job cuts at Twitter spur concerns about US midterms, human rights

Product and engineering teams were gutted by well over 50%, according to two sources, and other groups - like communications, marketing, human rights and diversity - were almost completely eliminated

As job cuts begin at Twitter, Elon Musk decries 'massive' sales drop

The global workforce reductions are expected to affect 3,700 jobs - about half of the company.

Twitter fires majority of employees in India as part of global layoffs

The lay-offs in India were across segments such as policy, communication, engineering and development, said sources in the know

Truly sorry to those who'll have to leave Byju's, says Raveendran to staff

The edtech giant has to sever 2,500 employees to avoid role duplication across businesses, says founder in a letter to employees

Disapprove moonlighting, but issue not a big problem in company: HCL Tech

HCL Technologies on Wednesday weighed into the issue of moonlighting, that has created quite a stir in the industry, and said while it does not approve of dual employment, the issue is not a major one within the company. Put simply, moonlighting refers to employees taking up side gigs to work on more than one job at a time. "Dual employment while working for HCL Tech...we do not approve of that. Everybody who signs up to work for HCL Tech is signing up employment contract which requires exclusivity. The requirements around confidentiality, and non compete... all those provisions that are there we expect our employees to honour those commitments," Ramachandran Sundararajan, Chief People Officer of the company said during the Q2 earnings briefing. Fortunately, he said, moonlighting has not come up as a big problem within HCL Technologies. "We don't have that as big problem that we have too many people indulging in dual employment. It is not a big problem. We have had one or two stray

A viral tweet explains how Wipro caught its employees moonlighting

Taking a tough stand against those involved in moonlighting, IT services giant Wipro sacked 300 employees in September; here's how they caught the moonlighters

Peloton planning to cut additional 500 jobs to reverse losses: Report

To cut costs, the company cut hundreds of jobs, shuttered stores and outsourced delivery to third parties this year

Productivity 'hyper focus' hurting employees, causing attrition: Report

Only 9% of managers say hybrid work model gives them confidence that employees are productive

How can India Inc stay ahead of the curve on moonlighting?

While most IT firms discourage employees from taking up side jobs outside regular working hours, some like Swiggy or CRED are encouraging it. Can India Inc stay ahead of the curve on moonlighting?

Job creation, reduced inequality should be key targets for India: Report

Study says growth in prosperity also needs to be environmentally sustainable and must be solid and resilient in the face of external shocks

Swiggy allows employees to work outside company to make more money

It said this could encompass activity outside of office hours or on weekends that does not impact their productivity on full-time job or have a conflict of interest with company's business in any way