Usually, when people at companies don’t perform up to the company’s expectations, they have a word with their managers. In protracted cases of under-performance, they’re made to undergo a performance improvement plan. Worst case, they’re fired.
However, a bank in China has its way of dealing with delinquent employees.
While the recent reports of mass layoffs, funding winters, down rounds and campus hires deferrals may have put a cast of shadow on the employability of startups, Linkedin’s data on top Indian companies best at attracting and retaining top talent does away with any doubts that top Indian startups still remain the employers of choice for India’s top talent.
Working at a startup can be a life changing experience. Being a part of a business as it’s being built, grown and scaled up and contributing to it every step of the way can indeed be a satisfying career goal. Most young people would prefer to work at a startup a conventional company for their friendly work culture and minimal HR intervention. However, when startups too start adopting and enforcing similar policies and rules as those companies, it defines the employee morale to give the job their 100%, slack away or quit altogether.
Apple CEO Tim Cook had returned disappointed after his India visit last month, when days after his whirlwind trip it had emerged that Apple…
In an increasingly competitive job market, getting noticed is the first hard step towards employment. While most people bank on the content in their resume, and a fair bit of luck to get that coveted job, some make the resume itself the focal selling point.
20 year old Sumukh Mehta is one such enterprising graduate. After graduating from the College Of Management Studies, Jain University, Bangalore, Mehta was on a hunt and wanted to be hired in the media field. He hit upon the genius idea of applying to fashion magazine GQ by making his resume in the style of the magazine itself.
Festivals and special days are becoming an opportunity for Indian brands to not only showcase their quirky, innovate side but also integrate their product into the campaign. While many companies, especially startups, post a message or do an ad, some go all out and pull off elaborate campaigns to celebrate the occasion day. Fathers’ Day celebrated on June 19th, has also become a festival that warrants those campaigns.
We did a round up of the best of Fathers’ day campaigns this year.
the public reaction was immediate – while many bemoaned the loss of one of India’s brightest minds from its shores, a small minority didn’t seem all that displeased at his departure.
Fresh off its Linkedin acquisition announcement, Microsoft has announced that it is partnering with a cannabis industry-focused software company called KIND Financial. The company provides “seed to sale” services for cannabis growers, allowing them to track inventory, navigate laws and handle transactions all through Kind’s software systems.
In the fast, hurried metropolis of Bangalore, time can be the most precious resource one has. This cafe has literally set the store by it. At the Dialogues cafe in Koramangla, Bangalore, you don’t pay for the food you eat – you just pay for the time you spend there.
On a busy workday, against the cloudy skies, we decided to give it a try and instead of ordering the lunch in, walked up to the cafe.