Ordering a cuppa might have just got simpler. India’s largest cafe chain, Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) has just announced a tie up with food-delivery startup Swiggy to deliver coffee and other items on its menu.
Not only have the Chennai rains managed to ravage the city transport and power arrangements, but also penetrated the campuses of some of big IT offices.
Think software, programming, coding languages and engineers, and the first imagery in mind is likely going to be of functional offices, industrial layouts, Facebook-like office, and overall a picture of all things dull, numbers and nerd-like.
However, ThoughtWorks – a software design and delivery, pioneering tools and consulting services company – is refreshingly different. The office is bright, colourful and very quirky with its interesting use of props and thoughtful details.
I experience Riddle Room, a live escape room, a form of physical real life interactive game in which players are locked inside a room and have to unearth clues, examine unassuming objects and discard decoys to successfully make it out within 60 minutes.
Angry customers are panning the Snapdeal app for being associated with the star whose comments seem to have stirred the hornet;s nest. The Snapdeal app is being bombarded with one-star ratings and anti-Aamir comments.
New Delhi is the world’s top 5th expensive city in the world to rent office space, beating Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
A mistake whether big or small, whether the company’s fault, a case of miscommunication or just an unreasonable customer’s work, an apology can go a long way in winning back the customer. Add to a simple apology, some heart, some soul, and a little creativity, and you can help secure more good PR for your company than thousands in ad monies can.
In a continuation of the winter wave of startups layoffs, Bangalore based hyperlocal services provider LocalOye has laid off 60 employees.
As one of the biggest and most auspicious festivals in India, Diwali has a huge significance as far as workplace celebrations go. Most companies decorate the office and distribute sweets and gifts to the employees. Some even go as far as conducting ethinic day, Diwali-themed activities, a feast, the works.
Here’s a roundup of the diwali festivities at some of the Indian companies, each unique and interesting in their own way, on the last working day before Diwali.