US-based IT services firm Cognizant has recently offered a voluntary separation package for select employees in the United States. As the company weighs its prospect due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has offered the scheme to employees who move to the bench between May 1 to August 31, 2020. According to an internal email, the…
Ride-hailing giant Uber recently announced that it is laying off 600 employees or 25% of its workforce in India as the company struggles to get business on track during the coronavirus pandemic. The recent layoffs from its India workforce are a part of Uber’s global downsizing exercise which will affect about 6,700 employees globally. India…
Layoffs at new-age startups are becoming more and more common during the coronavirus pandemic. As company’s struggle to keep business floating during this unprecedented crisis, layoffs have become a common tool to conserve cash. Joining the likes of many others, used car marketplace CarDekho has recently laid off over 200 employees. According to an Entrackr…
Online intelligence firm Cyble recently announced that cyber criminals have posted personal data of 29.1mn or 2.9Cr job-seeking Indians on the dark web for free. The company recently through a blog post broke the news to the world. It is the same company which had revealed hacking of Facebook and Unacademy databases by hackers. “29.1…
Ahmedabad-based fintech startup Lendingkart recently laid off 30% of its workforce just days after securing a ₹319Cr funding. The move is expected to impact around 200 employees of the company. Lendingkart provides collateral-free working capital loans ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 40 lakh to small businesses and MSMEs, who have taken a big…
Computer hardware company IBM or International Business Machines Corp recently announced that it is planning to lay off an unspecified number of employees across five states in the United States. Incidentally, this is the first time the global tech giant is executive layoff exercise under the new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna’s leadership. The company…
At a time when several start-ups continue to lay off employees to tide over the economic crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic, India grown messaging app Hike has said that it is open to hiring new employees. The homegrown unicorn founded by Kavin Bharti Mittal said that it is hiring for over 20 open positions…
Online retail giant Amazon recently announced that its India unit is planning to hire 50,000 temporary or seasonal employees in the country. The recent move by the company is a result of recently relaxed lockdown norms by the Government of India which allowed for the delivery of non-essential items in all zones except containment areas.…
American magazine and multi-platform publisher, The Atlantic recently announced that it is laying off 68 employees as the coronavirus pandemic diminishes their event and advertising revenues, reported The New York Times. The cuts represent 17% of its staff. In an internal memo sent by Chairman David Bradley, the staff was informed that even though the…
Layoffs have become a common phenomenon in such a time of crisis. Every other day, we get news about small and big organizations laying off employees as the coronavirus pandemic is drying up revenues and companies opt for tough cost cutting measures to stay afloat. In recent news, diversified financial services firm Indiabulls Group has…
Ecommerce giant Amazon recently announced that it is launching its food delivery services in India starting with Bengaluru. The recent development from Amazon comes just days after top local players Swiggy and Zomato reduce their workforce to tide over the coronavirus pandemic crisis. According to an Economic Times report, the firm had been planning to…
Global charitable foundation Oxfam is planning to lay off about 1,4500 employees and close down operations in 18 countries. The organization had been facing losses for a long time since the Haiti sex abuse scandal in 2018, and the losses piled up after the coronavirus pandemic, as reported by the Guardian. In an official press…
Indian social networking app Sharechat has recently laid off about 101 employees or 25% of its staff as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic impacts ad revenues. The development was first reported by The Economic Times. According to an internal mail sent to employees by company Chief Executive Officer Ankush Sachdeva, the advertisement market remains unpredictable this…
Indian unicorns are now struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Layoffs and salary cuts have now become a daily news from these new-age startups. Joining the likes of Swiggy, Zomato, and Uber, ride-hailing Indian unicorn Ola has decided to lay off staff. In a company blog post written by the CEO Bhavish Aggarwal, it was…
IKEA-backed home design and decor startup Livspace has recently laid off 15% of its workforce as coronavirus turmoil impacts the company’s business. The company has also cut its expense by 25-30% in order to save itself from further losses. The recent development comes just a month after the company said that it had not resorted…