Microsoft not to rehire ousted employees for two years, considers departures ‘good attrition’Microsoft has introduced a two-year rehire ban for staff let go over performance issues, labelling such exits as “good attrition.” The poli...
07 May, 2025, 12.00 PM IST
Appraisals for software engineers: Microsoft and Amazon are using performance reviews to decide who gets sackedRenowned tech giants Microsoft and Amazon are getting all geared up to have their yet another new round of layoffs based the performance re...
31 Jan, 2025, 01.48 AM IST
Are you a high-performing employee? Here's why your job is not safe and you may be sackedHigh-performing employees are not immune to layoffs as businesses assess financial health and strategic shifts.
18 Jan, 2025, 09.46 PM IST
Meta plans retention 'hooks' for Threads as more than half of users leave appRetention of users on the text-based app was better than executives had expected, though it was "not perfect," said Zuckerberg, speaking at...
28 Jul, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Reskilling, digital tool automation can fuel $1.4 trillion of revenue: Infosys studyThe survey revealed that shifting to a flexible, diverse, and digital work model is correlated with 7.7 percentage points higher profit gro...
09 Feb, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
Microsoft will boost pay and stock compensation to retain employeesThe move will mainly affect “early to mid-career employees,” the software giant said in a statement Monday.
17 May, 2022, 06.09 PM IST
Promotion cycles, special salary hikes: India Inc does its best to retain top performersRecent research by Microsoft showed that almost 62% of India’s workforce have intentions of switching jobs this year, compared to an averag...
16 Sep, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
Why some Microsoft employees still fear 'stack ranking' review system?Microsoft officially killed that old system. With stack ranking, no matter how well an individual performed, that person might still get a ...
28 Aug, 2014, 01.44 PM IST
- Microsoft set to hike salaries of employees to curb attrition
As part of its efforts to retain talent, software giant Microsoft is all set to hike employee salaries and increase funding for bonus and s...
23 Apr, 2011, 01.21 AM IST
- Yahoo, MS search tie-up aimed at cutting Google's marketshare
Yahoo and Microsoft are sewing up their partnership to take on Google in search and the tie-up is moving beyond technology.
15 Mar, 2011, 02.41 AM IST
- Microsoft to hire 400 Yahoo! employees
Software giant Microsoft will hire 400 employees of internet major Yahoo! as part of their planned partnership in internet search and adver...
05 Aug, 2009, 06.41 PM IST
- Icahn does not have a credible plan: Yahoo
Reiterating that the company is open to any transaction including a sale to Microsoft, Yahoo! has said that billionaire investor Carl Icahn...
07 Jun, 2008, 01.57 PM IST
- Yahoo fires back, says Icahn manipulates facts
Yahoo fired back at Carl Icahn, saying the corporate raider "misrepresents and manipulates" the facts in a dispute over a failed merger dea...
05 Jun, 2008, 10.28 PM IST
- Yahoo open to Microsoft takeover
Yahoo, which has come under attack for sabotaging any potential takeover of the company said it is open to any deal, including a sale to Mi...
05 Jun, 2008, 03.14 PM IST
- Icahn asks Yahoo to rescind employee severance plan
Activist investor Carl Icahn has told Yahoo to immediately rescind the 'poison pill' employee severance plan that practically sabotaged any...
05 Jun, 2008, 02.30 PM IST
- Icahn says Yahoo 'sabotaged' Microsoft bid
Investor Carl Icahn said the best chance for the Internet giant would be to replace the current board and CEO Jerry Yang to revive the Micr...
05 Jun, 2008, 01.30 AM IST
- Microsoft prepares for proxy fight, Yahoo safeguards employees
Microsoft Corp is getting ready to take its bid for Yahoo right to the Web portal's shareholders, even as analysts wait for a higher offer.
20 Feb, 2008, 05.59 AM IST