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Manager denies work-from-home request despite heavy rain and flooding. Employee’s smart protest turns the tablesA manager denied an employee's request to work from home during a flood, citing company policy. Later, the same manager questioned the empl...- Employee's toxic boss threatened to blacklist him — here's the smart way he outsmarted him completelyFake reference job strategy is rising fast in modern hiring trends. Nearly 70% employers still rely on reference checks. That single call c...
- Manager reveals how a 1.5% salary hike lead to loss of best employee 'There's a massive hole...'A top engineer quit their job after receiving a minimal pay hike. The company's strict salary cap of 1.5% failed to retain this valuable em...
- Should you fake your résumé and lie in an interview? This laid off employee's experience has the Internet talkingHiring bias against resume gaps is driving a surge in "strategic deception." Job seekers now use "ghost companies" and stretched dates to b...
- India vs Europe work culture: Viral post shows what’s normal abroad could get you "fired" in India, but some claim “Indians would exploit it”A viral Reddit post comparing work culture in India and Europe highlighted stark differences in how employees communicate personal schedule...
- Employees checkmate management after their bathroom breaks were secretly tracked; Rs 44 lakh faced by companyA company’s decision to track employee bathroom and break room usage has backfired, costing it Rs 44 lakh. Staff became reluctant to report...
- He told employees to work on day off, but it backfired when a Gen Z made him regret his decisionA Gen Z employee at a UK-based company recently exposed the toxic behavior of his manager, who attempted to make staff work on a scheduled ...
- Employee claims his boss borrowed money and is not returning. Netizens offer advice on how to get it backAn employee's act of kindness backfired when he lent money to his manager for a supposed family emergency, only to discover the manager was...
- The RTO crisis: Return-to-Office mandates spark mass exodus of working moms across AmericaThe American workplace faces a growing crisis as return-to-office mandates challenge many employees, particularly working mothers. Increase...
- Employee says 'got fired' after complaining about manager, shares what happened in meeting on RedditA Reddit user reported manager misconduct to HR. The employee faced retaliation after reporting. The company fired the employee shortly aft...
- Facing 45 FIRs filed by wife, husband gets divorce in High Court on ground of mental cruelty, but only after Rs 63 lakh alimonyAlimony: A husband who was employed with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) resigned from his job due to persistent harrasment and suicide thr...
- Strict boss forces employee to turn on camera during video meeting; instantly regrets itA strict manager learned a hard lesson about enforcing rules without empathy when he demanded an employee turn on their camera during a vir...
- The goal of India's industrial policy should be profits, not votesIndia's manufacturing subsidies, particularly those benefiting Apple, have significantly boosted exports. The government has handled Apple ...
- As Israel-Hamas war rages, global finance chiefs in Saudi sound gloomy noteTop financiers on Wall Street expressed pessimism about the global economy at a conference in Saudi Arabia, citing the violent conflict bet...
- Corporate Buzz: Who'll replace Milind Barve at HDFC MF? Top boss tries Indian 'jugaad' trick; businessman invokes UK govt fury, £1,000-fine for flouting Covid normsAn Indian promoter tired of seeing empty offices found an easy way out to get people to attend the workplace.
- Government at work to give women a bigger roleUnder consideration are tax incentives for companies that employ women above a threshold.
- The antidote of Modi government's job crisis: Labour reforms in the MSME sectorLabour laws in India are perceived by trade and industry circles as complex, archaic and not conducive to promoting the interests of the in...
- Your employer could be snooping on you, in office and outsideThere are devices that can eavesdrop on meetings and water cooler conversations to collect and mine data and suggest ways to improve produc...
- Social media likes and dislikes can affect your job?It is important to be careful and consider what you shouldn’t do, as well as what you should do, while using social media to search a job.
- Five ways to: Deal with back-biting in officeBack-stabbing colleagues are common at workplaces, and ET lists some ways to work with them.
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