Techie earning Rs 1 crore in Switzerland fired after accidentally taking executive's towel post-saunaAfter accidentally using a senior executive's gym sauna towel, the engineer says he was warned to "start looking for a new job," then let g...
07 Sep, 2026, 05.28 PM IST
Oracle trims 3,000 India roles; Microsoft places 500 on PIPAround 2% of Microsoft India workforce, which translates to about 400-500 people, may be impacted by a global PIP exercise at the company, ...
01 Sep, 2026, 08.39 AM IST
2x salary or a peaceful job? Techie earning Rs 36 lakh confused if 12 hour workdays are worth the career growth in early yearsA tech professional earning Rs 36 lakh a year with a five to six-hour workday and no weekend work is facing a difficult career choice after...
30 Aug, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
Inside Meta’s Project OT that could have cut some teams by 60% and why Mark Zuckerberg scrapped itMark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, set out with Project OT to create an AI-driven future for the company, proposing substantial team reducti...
27 Aug, 2026, 06.59 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here's how it imploded.Meta considered cutting some teams by as much as 60% under an AI-driven restructuring plan, Reuters reported. The company ultimately cut 10...
26 Aug, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Tech layoffs 2026: More than 175,000 workers laid off as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, TikTok, Uber, LinkedIn as dozens of companies cut jobs amid AI boomTech layoffs are accelerating in 2026 as big companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, Meta, Linkedin, TikTok, Visa and dozens of...
25 Aug, 2026, 07.04 PM IST
Starbucks announces eighth layoffs in two years. This time those who declined from Seattle to its $100 million Nashville office are losing their jobsStarbucks announces a workforce reduction, laying off 224 corporate employees in Seattle as the company shifts its focus towards its new co...
24 Aug, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
AI reshapes India's IT services sector contracts as clients demand more for lessOutsourcing giants like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech and Cognizant are rejigging business models, increasingly tying ...
21 Aug, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
AI reshapes India's IT services sector contracts as clients demand more for lessIndustry executives also say they are losing some work entirely as customers use AI to shift tasks in-house, while all the uncertainty that...
21 Aug, 2026, 08.24 AM IST
Lilly Chen left high school at 16 to become a Buddhist monk. Years later, she joined Meta and founded a startup competing with AccentureLilly Chen's unique path led her from a Buddhist monastery to Meta and then to founding FSH Technologies. A pandemic hackathon project with...
20 Aug, 2026, 11.16 PM IST
Rs 1 crore at 27, but burnt out from office pressure: Gen Z employee shares his early retirement plan. ‘I’m tired’A 27-year-old software engineer has sparked a debate after revealing that he has built a net worth of Rs 1 crore but is already considering...
19 Aug, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
Tired of job rejections after layoff, techie quits IT to be a school bus driver: 'Hope this industry finds its way back to treating people better'After more than a year of job hunting following a layoff, a senior software quality engineer has decided to leave the tech industry and sta...
17 Aug, 2026, 10.49 PM IST
'Tough reality in the gaming industry': Halo Studios launches Halo: Campaign Evolved, then lays off several employeesHalo Studios has reportedly laid off several employees shortly after the game's launch. Multiple staff members have announced their departu...
06 Aug, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
Cognizant logs marginal dip in Q2 net, revenue rises 4.5%The Nasdaq-listed company revised its full year revenue forecast to $22.04-22.35 billion, implying 4.4-5.9% growth (4.0-5.5% in constant cu...
30 Jul, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Infosys’ next CEO; Swiggy renews Indian-ownership bidInfosys announced on Thursday that company veteran Ashiss Kumar Dash will be the CEO from April 2027. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
23 Jul, 2026, 08.06 PM IST
Uber cuts 10% customer service jobs as AI becomes latest driver of tech layoffsUber has cut 10% of its customer service workforce, marking the first time the company has directly linked layoffs to artificial intelligen...
23 Jul, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
Bengaluru techie was earning Rs 50 LPA. Won an award. Weeks later, he got a huge shock: ‘No meeting, no warning…’A story of a techie who lost his dream job with one cold email is going viral on X. Despite being a star employee at one of the top MNCs, h...
17 Jul, 2026, 09.54 PM IST