28,000 and counting: That’s the 2023 layoff data from startup landStartups have been the worst hit this year since the highs of aggressive hiring from 2021, data from Longhouse Consulting shared exclusivel...
19 Dec, 2023, 05.14 PM IST
Startups, e-commerce companies may give fresh faces a miss this yearStartups and ecommerce companies in India are expected to reduce their campus hiring for the Class of 2024 due to a lack of visibility caus...
17 Sep, 2023, 08.22 AM IST
Pay hikes to tech candidates halve, say industry expertsAverage salary increases have plunged to 35-40% from 50-100%, across categories of “hot skills” such as full-stack engineers, data engineer...
25 Aug, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
CXOs log out of unicorns to start up own venturesA large number of top executives have moved from unicorns to Series A and B firms or even down the chain in recent months – a move that ref...
03 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Startup jobs shrink to a third; hikes fall amid funding freezeEmployees at startups are seeing only 10 per cent annual hikes on the higher side, while many are even forced to take a 10 per cent cut, sh...
27 May, 2023, 08.55 PM IST
Distraught startup employees looking for new jobs, as funding dries upAs funding dries up and job losses pile up, employees at troubled startups are starting to crack under the pressure. Amidst unachievable ta...
04 Apr, 2023, 08.45 AM IST
Distraught startup employees looking for new jobsET spoke to employees across several startups that are now facing the heat of a funding winter and pressure from investors to rein in costs...
04 Apr, 2023, 07.01 AM IST
Exclusive: More consumer internet startups like ShareChat, Dunzo, Rebel Foods join layoff waveThe latest developments at ShareChat, Dunzo and Rebel are an extension of what has transpired in the so-called new economy over the last si...
16 Jan, 2023, 08.30 PM IST
2022 Year in Review: Fund-starved startups sacked nearly 18,000 employeesEdtech companies accounted for a staggering 44% of the total layoffs. In total, 52 startups fired 17,989 employees spread across edtech, co...
30 Dec, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
India Inc in no rush to fill up top positionsCompanies are prolonging the hiring cycle time, delaying decision-making, being pickier and looking at more candidates for a single positio...
10 Aug, 2022, 11.26 AM IST
Startup investors push founders to focus on stronger unit economics amid funding slowdownIn the last 2-3 weeks, many startups have deferred hiring mandates to the next quarter, as they head into a funding winter and want to go s...
21 May, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
2020 Year in Review | Who's in, Who's out: Biggest executive moves in tech & startups sector this yearThis year has been a mixed bag for India’s tech and startup sector. While Covid-19 accelerated the growth of edtech companies, businesses i...
29 Dec, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Startups set to hire 200 CXOs in 12 monthsStartups are looking for senior executives to help them scale and expand, having attracted a rush of investors as they remain unscathed by ...
15 Oct, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Mum's the word on funding in startups as deals dry upAmong the many lessons learnt by entrepreneurs, the most important, perhaps, is that fundraising is not an end, but a means to an end, and ...
07 Jun, 2017, 08.37 AM IST
ESOPs in ecommerce lose magic, top talent ignores the baitIn just a year, it is getting tougher for search firms to attract top talent despite heavier toppings of ESOPs as part of compensation, the...
16 Aug, 2016, 09.52 AM IST
Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal, other e-commerce companies may offer 500 jobs of Rs 1 crore salaries eachStartups like Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal, Ola, Uber, Quikr, CommonFloor, Yepme are among the firms offering jobs with one-crore-plus salari...
28 May, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
About 400 Flipkart employees with stock options become crorepatis in less than a decadeIn two years, Flipkart’s valuation has grown 8 times. For company’s founders, Esops are a conscious attempt at creating wealth for their em...
14 Aug, 2014, 01.15 PM IST