Cognizant plans to layoff nearly 350 senior employees whose annual salaries between Rs 80 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore. Most of these employees are based out of India and are aged 50-55 years.
Earlier in October this year, Humphries had said in a post-earnings call that a decision to let go of around 10,000 to 12,000 mid-to-senior level employees...
Quick Heal Technologies Limited has appointed Reetu Raina as its Chief Human Resource Officer. In her new role, she will be responsible for driving Quick Heal's HR function and steer the company's people operations, culture and recruitment initiatives. Her appointment is effective from December 23, 2019.
Reetu holds extensive industry experience and has worked across sectors such as Telecom,...
On 20th December, Google has announced to hire nearly 3,800 “in-house” employees in 2020 at various sites including in India who will provide customer care support.
To date, customer and user support, such as answering calls, product troubleshooting and campaign set-up, has often been supplied by third-party companies on Google’s behalf.
Troy Dickerson, Vice President, Google Operations Centre, said “In 2020...
Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn’t just skills like computer technology. It’s the old fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command” - Steven Pressfield
The challenge for any Human Resource Management or Learning and Development Team is how to maintain a fine balance between the hard and soft skills of their employees that would be beneficial to...
As per a report in Business Standard, The government is planning to implement all the four labour codes on a single date in 2020-21 because the government believes that a single date for the implementation of all the four labour codes will be fruitful because it will ensure uniformity and will lead to efficient execution.
The labour code on...
Tata Global Beverages has announced the appointment of Sunil A. D'Souza as Managing Director and CEO. D'Souza is currently Managing Director at consumer durables maker Whirlpool of India Ltd. He will assume this role with effect from 4th April 2020, subsequent to the retirement of Ajoy Misra, who is currently the MD & CEO of the Company.
Mr. N....
Cognizant has appointed Becky Schmitt as its new Chief People Officer. Her assignment will commence on February 1, 2020, after the current CPO James Lennox retires. The announcement was made by Cognizant Chief Executive Officer Brian Humphries in an e-mail to employees.
Becky is currently the senior vice president and Chief People Officer at Sam’s Club, a $59 billion division...
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on 20th Dec, Friday announced a rejig of its top management. These changes include the following:
With effect from 1st April 2020, Anand Mahindra will transition to the role of Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. This is in accordance with the SEBI guidelines. This will further enhance the independence of the Board. As Non-Executive...
Employee engagement is a way to make work surroundings more
caring, interesting and challenging enough to keep employees motivated & to
remain associated with the organization with his/ her optimum strength.
“This journey should
start form YES and should end at WOW”
Employee Engagement now becomes one of the most focused aspects of HR operations, as the organization starts releasing that attracting the talent...
Gurugram-based Female wellness startup 'Azah' has raised an undisclosed amount in Pre-Series A funding from Indian e-commerce player Snapdeal's co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal.
Speaking on this investment, Kunal Bahl, Snapdeal Co-founder, said "Wellness products and solutions are a nascent and fast-growing category. Spurred by the vast reach of online commerce, awareness, and demand for such products is...