Employees

Will my job be threatened?

Decoding the post-ChatGPT angst

Training helps new employees accomplish goals in one-fifth of time: Report

Only one in nine companies believe that the training doesn't add value to new employee productivity

ZestMoney looking to lay off employees after deal with PhonePe fails

ZestMoney founders held a town hall on March 30 and informed employees about layoffs across depts, say sources; not known yet how many would be asked to go

How forever free Fridays have changed things for this company in India

Beroe, a SaaS firm with 80% employees in India, has been on a four-day workweek for six years

1 in 3 employers use Live cameras to keep tabs on remote workers: Survey

More than one in three employers (37%) use live camera feeds to keep tabs on remote workers, prompting some to quit while others get fired, a new survey found

Disney instructs to identify layoff candidates, may cut 4K jobs in April

It is unclear whether Disney will start laying off employees in small batches or lay off thousands all at once

Apple delays bonuses for some, limits hiring in latest cost-cutting effort

The majority of Apple's divisions had already moved to a once-a-year schedule for bonuses and promotions, including software engineering and services

Engineers who joined in-person perform better than remote workers: Meta CEO

Analysis of performance data suggests that engineers who either joined Meta in-person and then transferred to remote or remained in-person performed better on average than people who joined remotely

Meta to cut 10,000 jobs, close about 5,000 open roles in efficiency push

The Facebook parent company has been marketing 2023 as a "year of efficiency" in an effort to improve its financial performance and achieve longer-term goals

Hiring intentions to remain marginally low in Apr-Jun quarter: Survey

Hiring intentions will remain marginally lower during the second quarter (April-June) this year as employers continue to have difficulty in finding people with the right skills, according to a survey. Employers in India continue to anticipate hiring workers in the second quarter, reporting a seasonally adjusted Net Employment Outlook of 30 per cent, which is marginally lower from the January-March quarter, according to ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. Hiring intentions remain marginally lower by 2 per cent quarter-on-quarter, while employers continue to have difficulty finding the right talent, it added. The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey is based on an analysis of nearly 3,020 employers. The survey further revealed that the talent supply with the requisite skills depicted in the sliding shift of employers, experiencing a talent shortage by 3 per cent. "While the skill gap continues to be concerning, in spite of the global economic pressures, India's innate abilit

Employees dumbfounded by how SVB CEO publicly acknowledged financial crisis

"They were being very transparent. It's the exact opposite of what you'd normally see in a scandal. But their transparency and forthright-ness did them in," one employee said

79% employers willing to increase apprentice intake, says report

They regard apprentices help business growth, have skills suited for the market

Enterprise chat app Slack integrates ChatGPT to talk to employees

Salesforce-owned enterprise chat application Slack has announced the new AI-powered app -- ChatGPT app for Slack to deliver instant conversation summaries, research tools, and writing assistance

Meta Platforms planning to lay off thousands more as early as this week

The imminent round of cuts is being driven by financial targets and is separate from the "flattening," said the people, who asked not to be identified

upGrad subsidiary 'Campus' lays off 30% workforce due to lack of VC funding

According to leading startup covering portal Entrackr, citing sources, a lack of VC funding has caused layoffs in the startup ecosystem, affecting especially late-stage organisations

Amazon joins Vishal's Better.com to let employees use stock to buy homes

Amazon has signed a deal with embattled online mortgage lender Better.com run by controversial Indian-origin CEO Vishal Garg to allow employees to use their shares in the company

Twitter employees to soon receive performance-based stock awards: Musk

This past week, we completed a difficult organisational overhaul focused on improving future execution, using as much feedback as we could gather from entire company, Musk wrote in an internal memo

AI vs humans: Some companies begin replacing employees with ChatGPT

Companies that use ChatGPT said they saved money using the AI tool, with 48 per cent saved over $50,000 and 11 per cent saved over $100,000, according to a report in Fortune

Half of Indian firms may offer double-digit salary hikes in 2023

Of the 1,400 companies surveyed across 40 industries, 46% of organisations are expected to give double-digit salary increases in 2023

Amazon asks employees to be in office at least three days a week from May 1

In a message that was posted on Amazon's blog, chief executive Andy Jassy wrote the decision was taken at a meeting earlier this week and the move would make it easier to learn and collaborate