In light of the campus hires from BITS and other institutes that were left high and dry after Grofers rescinded their offer letter, the latter has extended a public apology.
Withdrawn job offers have become sadly commonplace in Indian startups. Flipkart had sent shockwaves among top institutes after it had delayed the joining dates of students from IITs and IIMs. Several other companies, including Inmobi and Roadrunnr had followed suit. But Grofers seems to have gone the extra mile in cancelling the job offer it made to to student – and it has done it in what is possibly the worst imaginable way.
After naked restaurants, come naked offices. The last time a whole office went naked at work, it was for an April fool gag. This time it’s thanks to a president’s slip of tongue.
It comes after President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, 61, mixed up his words during a speech on new technology.
Whether you are starting a new business in London, relocating your current premises or even expanding into the UK’s capital city, there will come a point where you need to decide on your working space. There are plenty of things to think about – buying an office here would certainly be prestigious and with the UK property market still expanding, there’s potential that it could be a smart investment. But ultimately it may well…
Delhi-NCR has emerged as the region that has attracted the most startup funding in 2016 so far.
The Uber CEO, 39 year old Travis Kalanick is quite a guy. When he’s not driving an Uber incognito or crushing competition in the commutech space in over 180 countries, he gives us things that make us go aww.
In a rare glimpse into his personal life, the CEO recently shared photos with his pet Lhasa Apso, Yobu.
Veerath Bharathi, who had become Uber’s first woman driver in India when she started driving for the company in 2013, has been found dead in her home in Bangalore. She was 39.
Most jobs require one to be passionate and enthusiastic. Some can cause the loss of a job for precisely those traits.
An Irish commentator learnt it the hard way. Gudmundur Benediktsson whose commentary during the EURO Iceland-Austria match went viral lost his job at a local football club because of it.
To say that Game of Thrones is a worldwide sensation is an understatement. It’s a show huger than anything. But alas, the HBO blockbuster airs at 9pm EST, a time when Indians are in the office or are leaving for it. That hasn’t deterred us from watching the show though. We got our team right down to it, and catch them all in action. Here’s how Indians watched the show in the office. The most…
Having interned with two PSU’s earlier, I knew that an internship at a startup would be a different & unique experience, one that I was very eager to begin. While writing this, I realized how time flies, with my internship culminating soon. While sitting in my cubicle and mentally turning the pages of my internship journal, I reflect – It has certainly been the most productive summer vacation for me! Every form of positive learning I have come across since this internship commenced, is still fresh in my mind.
Here are the four positive unexpected learnings that have helped me find a better version of myself and continue to do so: