Bengaluru techie after quitting Rs 2.5 lakhs per month corporate job, now does odd jobs and travels: ‘Income has dropped but life is meaningful’Apeksha Jain traded a Rs 2.5 lakh monthly salary for a life of travel and simple work. After years in corporate roles, she found fulfillmen...
15 May, 2026, 09.37 AM IST
Startups seek digital gold rules; IT firms bet on freshersHappy Friday! The Centre may be open to creating an oversight framework for the digital gold sector. This and more in today’s ETtech Mornin...
01 May, 2026, 07.47 AM IST
LinkedIn Top Companies 2026: are AI skills and internal mobility now the fastest path to career growth? List of top 10 U.S. firms driving career growthLinkedIn Top Companies 2026 reveals a sharp reality. Over 100,000 open jobs exist across top employers right now. Hiring continues despite ...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.45 PM IST
US ends investigation into claims WhatsApp chats aren’t privateA US agency abruptly closed an investigation into claims that Meta Platforms can access encrypted WhatsApp messages. A Commerce Department ...
29 Apr, 2026, 08.23 AM IST
10 techies who quit jobs at Accenture, TCS, Infosys to become popular South actors: Tovino Thomas to Kalaiyarasan to Srinidhi ShettySeveral South Indian actors, including Srinidhi Shetty, Tovino Thomas, and Nivin Pauly, left well-paying IT jobs at companies like Accentur...
19 Apr, 2026, 01.47 PM IST
Accenture introduces adoption-assistance programme for India employeesAccenture in India has launched a program to support employees choosing to adopt a child, providing financial assistance for adoption-relat...
25 Apr, 2024, 12.29 PM IST
Infosys loses senior executive Binny Mathews to AccentureMathews, who was with Infosys for over 15 years and was a senior vice president and group head of procurement before joining Accenture on J...
09 Jan, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
Accenture forecasts first-quarter revenue below estimatesIT services firm Accenture forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street targets on Thursday, as a tough economy forces clients to defer...
28 Sep, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
Accenture India rolls out flexible leave policy tailored to employees' 'small and big' needsAccenture India has updated its leave policy, offering its employees the opportunity to take both "small and big time offs". The new policy...
09 Aug, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
Ajay Vij appointed Accenture India country managing director, Rekha Menon to retireAccenture said that after a 20-year career at Accenture, Rekha M Menon, senior managing director and chairperson for Accenture in India wil...
05 May, 2023, 10.55 AM IST
How Accenture makes millions scrubbing Facebook's sordid contentFacebook and Accenture have rarely talked about their arrangement. But their secretive relationship lies at the heart of an effort by the w...
01 Sep, 2021, 04.23 PM IST
Accenture has good news for the whole of ITLast week, Accenture raised its revenue growth forecast to a range of 6.5-8.5% from 6.0-8.0% for the year ahead.
01 Apr, 2019, 08.50 AM IST
IT majors, banks take lead for adoptionAccenture joins a club of corporates such as Standard Chartered, Citibank, Barclays, Murugappa group and HCL who choose to give 22-28 weeks...
28 Dec, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Accenture to give twenty two weeks of adoption and surrogacy leaveThe benefits will also include one month of additional paid maternity leave to cover for illness, if any, and three months of unpaid leave ...
21 Dec, 2016, 02.22 PM IST
Intuit India rolls out extended parental benefits to attract and retain quality talentUnder the new benefits rolled out at Intuit from January 1, paid maternity leave has been increased to 26 calendar weeks from 12.
19 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
In a first, Accenture extends maternity leave benefits to five months of paid leaveNew policy in place from May 1; employees who require additional time off may take unpaid leave for a further 12 weeks.
05 May, 2015, 03.54 AM IST
Running low on offs? Leave-pooling is hereLeave-pooling scheme allows employees to donate their excess leave to their colleagues who may need it in times of crisis.
05 May, 2012, 01.47 PM IST