Tag: Workforce

Uber to double down on hiring techies in India

Bengaluru: Online ride-hailing platform Uber has announced to double its workforce in the product and engineering departments — from over 500 to more than 1,000 ‘technologists’ — at its Bengaluru and Hyderabad facilities next year. Uber India aims to hire full-stack teams that include product managers, product designers, data scientists, user researchers, mobile, front-end and […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
Agriculture
Agriculture's contribution to Odisha's GSDP declining

Bhubaneswar:Though the agriculture sector provides employment and sustenance to more than 60 percent of Odisha’s total workforce, its share in the gross state domestic product (GSDP) continues to decline, say official reports. Besides, large tracts of agricultural land have remained uncultivated for the past several years despite the claim of the Odisha government that it […]

  • Thursday, 01 July 2021
zomato
Zomato Lays Off 13% Workforce, Up To 50% Salary Cut For Rest

New Delhi: Hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Friday announced to lay off nearly 13 per cent of its workforce — over 600 employees — via Zoom calls, along with salary cuts for the rest of the employees for at least the next six months starting June, with higher cuts […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
MSMEs
Covid 19 Caused 78% MSMEs & Startups In India To Reduce Workforce In The Last 8 Months: Survey

New Delhi: Seventy-eight per cent MSMEs and startups in India have reduced workforce in the last 8 months since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out. As per a survey by LocalCircles, only 22 per cent startups and MSMEs have the same or increased workforce as compared to the pre-Covid levels. India’s startups and MSMEs ecosystem went […]

  • Saturday, 10 April 2021
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