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In order to provide global development services in the technology sector, Trangile Services on Friday announced plans to hire 500 technology professionals. The company will provide the new hires with training at Trangile Academy, a cutting-edge training centre located in Noida. According to a release, Trangile Services would also place the talent after training with Indian and international organisations across the technology spectrum. According to the announcement, Trangile Services has increased the seating capacity at its global development centre in Noida from 150 to 400. “Amidst the global hiring slowdown, Trangile Services continues to see robust demand for talent supply across the technology spectrum from its Indian and global clientele,” stated Piyush Madan, Co-Founder & CEO of Trangile. He said, “We are well on our path to hiring 500 technology professionals and providing organisations with an opportunity to add world-class talent at a competitive cost.” “To support our hiring plans over the next few months, we have expanded our Global Development Centre at Noida. We have added more space increasing our training centre’s seating capacity to meet the growing demand for ready-to-deploy talent by organisations in India and overseas,” Madan added. Trangile, which was founded in early 2022, now has over 450 people working for it at its client locations and worldwide development centre in Noida. The statement mentioned that Trangile has offices in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, and London.

FMCG giant Britannia Industries wants to increase the proportion of women working there from 41% to 50% by 2024, a senior company official said on Sunday. According to Indranil Gupta, Head of Manufacturing for the company’s owned factories, Britannia currently employs 41% women and plans to increase that number to 50% by the end of 2024. It has 15 company-owned manufacturing plants, 35 contract and franchisee units, and over one lakh workers throughout India. In the company’s Madurai unit, there are approximately 1,400 employees, of which 65% are women, according to Gupta. According to the senior official, since the company produced 190 tonnes of different food products every day, the percentage of women working there will rise to 70% by 2024. Gupta said, “They are more hygienic, and more suitable for these types of jobs, which is an important requirement in food making facilities and disciplined compared to male workers,” when asked why more women should work in these fields. According to him, having a higher percentage of women in leadership positions has improved factory operations by boosting production and efficiency while also lowering attrition. According to C S Guruprasad, Regional Manufacturing Head for the South, diversity is an important pillar of Britannia’s sustainability framework for becoming a responsible global food company. He continued by saying that since most of the women come from an agricultural background and supported their family through the worst of the Covid outbreak when their husbands or parents lost their employment, they feel confident about staying in the unit. Also, the organisation offers the best working conditions, in addition to compensation, social security benefits, and transportation services, the official added. Source: PTI

In Maharashtra, the upper age for applying for government jobs has been raised by two years. With this adjustment, persons who want to apply for open-category state government jobs can do so up to the age of 40. The age limit for applicants in the reserved category is 45. It is intended that by making the change, more people will be able to apply for government jobs. A chance at a government job will also be given to job seekers who missed out on possibilities during the pandemic years. The age restriction has been called for by numerous candidates from all over the nation, particularly those hoping to pass the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams. On the occasion of India’s 75th year of independence, the State government will be hiring roughly 75,000 workers this year. This relaxation will only be permitted till December 31, 2023. Even job postings that were published or issued prior to the announcement of the age restriction extension will be subject to the relaxation. The benefits of this relaxation will be felt by thousands of job applicants who want to work for the government. It will now take place later for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) exam pattern to be changed to resemble the new UPSC exam pattern. After protest from job seekers, this decision was made. The MPSC was then given the go-ahead by the Maharashtra government to apply the new pattern in 2025.

According to a report, a significant percentage of employers anticipate employment to rise over the next two years as a result of Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes, which provide financial incentives to various industries to stimulate domestic production. According to a TeamLease survey, the pharmaceutical sector (68%) is responsible for the highest favourable recruiting sentiment, which is then followed by the white goods sector (67%) and textile products (62%). For the next two years, 60% of firms anticipate more hiring as a result of PLI schemes. The employers’ responses to job creation based on the government incentives outlined in the PLI schemes and their projections for hiring over the next two years formed the basis for the TeamLease PLI Outlook Report. In India, 14 cities and 8 industries were surveyed, totaling 344 mid- to senior-level general managers and talent acquisition managers. The PLI schemes are ground-breaking. It will not only encourage investments and industry expansion, but it will also likely result in a major increase in job opportunities. Sumit Sarabhai, Business Head – Emerging Vertical, TeamLease Services, stated that over 60% of employers in India Inc. had increased hiring plans as a result of the PLI scheme in the next years. The diversity of the workforce is a significant issue that the PLI schemes will address and is anticipated to increase the representation of women in leadership positions. “According to our report, while cities like Gurgaon and Indore, Kolkata, Delhi and Nagpur still prefer hiring male candidates, cities like Chandigarh, and Chennai are more inclined towards female employees, especially across industries like textiles, pharmaceuticals, and large-scale electronics manufacturing,” Sarabhai said. The MSME ecosystem will benefit from the PLI programmes, and more women will join the workforce, according to estimates. In addition, Sarabhai noted that other sectors, including large-scale electronic manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and textile products, anticipate hiring female workers under the PLI programmes. Source: PTI

As part of a global hiring strategy to bring on more than 12,000 new employees, French multinational Thales announced on Monday that it will hire more than 500 people in India for its engineering centres in Bengaluru and Noida. “In 2023, Thales plans to hire more than 12,000 new employees to support its strong growth trajectory in its three core markets: Aerospace, Defence and Security, and Digital Identity and Security. The Group will be hiring all over the world and expects to take on 5,500 new employees in France, 550 in India, 1,050 in the UK, 600 in Australia, and 540 in the US,” a statement issued here read. With 11,500 new jobs, or 50% more than in 2021, the plan experienced a “record level of recruitment” in 2022, according to the statement. The firm added, “And, the success was in creating jobs during the Covid-19, particularly by continuing hiring for the engineering centres in Bengaluru and Noida.” The company is hiring workers on fixed-term or permanent contracts for its locations in Bengaluru and Noida, as well as offering many chances for internal mobility within Thales in India and around the world. The company added: “At these sites, Thales is mainly seeking hardware engineers, software engineers, systems architects, experts in digital technologies and project managers, offering them the opportunity to help to build a safer, greener, more inclusive world.” The company noted that it has been working to enhance the gender balance in its workforce and that in 2022, women made up 22% of the Group’s India workforce and 25% of new hires in India-. Thales also places a strong emphasis on developing young talent through internships. For instance, 80 students have already signed up for internships in India this month. These chances may serve as crucial stepping stones for these young individuals to secure long-term employment: Over 80% of students participating in work study and internship programmes are hired each year for engineering positions on fixed or indefinite term contracts, according to the statement. By utilising the skills of 35,000 R&D professionals and a portfolio of 20,000 patents in specialised domains including quantum technologies, AI, lasers, cybersecurity, and more, Thales stated that it was inventing the future in 68 different nations. Thales was included in Clarivate’s Top 100 Global Innovator 2023, a global standard for innovation, for the 10th year as one of the top 100 businesses in the world. Thales provides a plethora of long-term and highly diverse career options due to its broad range of operations and an industrial and academic footprint covering 68 countries. Thales recently (February 22) increased its footprint in India by building its first Design Center, an addition to Thales’ Engineering Competence Center in Noida and a centre for innovation, research, and development in the nation.

According to a report published by the New York Times on Sunday, Twitter recently let go of at least 200 workers, or around 10% of its workforce. Product managers, data scientists, machine learning and site reliability engineers, who were in charge of making sure Twitter’s various features ran without a hitch, were the individuals impacted on Saturday night. The NYT report cited sources with knowledge of the situation. Elon Musk reportedly fired dozens of sales and engineering staff last week despite telling them there wouldn’t be any further layoffs. One employee reportedly revealed that Musk had given the group a one-week deadline to enhance Twitter’s ad targeting system, according to sources. Many others, however, believed this to be impractical because it takes more time and resources to improve such a system. According to some sources, Musk’s lack of expertise in targeted advertising may have contributed to the layoffs. Musk revealed in January 2023 that there were roughly 2,300 people working on the company at the time. Around 200 employees were impacted by the most recent round of job cuts at Twitter, which included another round of layoffs. Musk cited a sharp decline in revenue as a result of advertisers reducing their expenditures, in part owing to worries about content moderation. Twitter has begun paying select content creators a portion of the revenue from advertisements in an effort to make up for a drop-in revenue. The Information reports that on Saturday, the social media site let go of dozens of employees.

Alibaba Group Holding reduced its workforce by about 19,000 employees in response to the global economic downturn. Cost effectiveness is given priority in the decision. Alibaba made intentions to take a more cautious approach to spending and cut costs where they don’t have a long-term benefit in May. This change, which is in line with Beijing’s policies, marks a substantial departure from the company’s prior strategy of swiftly expanding into new markets. According to reports, the company’s expansion has been hampered by the state of the global economy, China’s rigorous Covid Zero strategy, lockdowns that limited consumer spending, and other factors. According to a Bloomberg report, the Hangzhou-based online retailer laid off more than 4,000 employees in the last quarter of the year, as shown in its earnings report that was made public on Thursday. When the company first saw a drop in revenue during the summer, the most significant job layoffs took place. Alibaba is still one of the largest private employers in China, despite having reduced its workforce to 239,740 employees, according to its latest report. The company announced earnings and profits that were higher than average analyst expectations, which led to a surge in the stock price. Alibaba, however, increased the number of job layoffs it made in December compared to September, indicating that it is still adjusting to a slower economy despite early signs of recovery.

While Wipro is eager to welcome the freshers it had chosen, the latter are feeling very disappointed and discouraged as their pay has been reduced by half. The IT major has reduced salaries for freshers who are waiting to join by 50%. As a result, people who were previously promised a package worth Rs 6.5 lakhs year are now expected to accept a salary of Rs 3.5 lakhs a year. Wipro has been asked to reconsider its decision since it is unfair to the freshers and goes against the principles of transparency and fairness, according to the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES). According to the Senate, it is unethical to punish the freshers for the Company’s financial troubles. “The decision to cut the salaries of the employees without prior consultation and negotiation is not only unjust but also goes against the principles of fairness and transparency. It is unacceptable that the burden of the company’s financial troubles is being placed solely on the shoulders of the employees,” Harpreet Singh Saluja, President of NITES, said. Nonetheless, the company believes that by halving salaries, it is giving new hires a chance to develop their abilities and learn new things, and that this choice was prompted by the uncertain economic downturn present around the world. Those who are awaiting onboarding have been informed that there are currently project engineer roles available with a salary of roughly Rs 3.5 lakhs per year. The freshers who have just completed the company’s Velocity programme for graduates’ training and development have been greatly surprised by the pay cut. NITES has urged management to reconsider its decision and hold meaningful discussions with the union to arrive to a mutually beneficial solution.

Leading packaged snack company Bikano has kept up its hiring spree as it plans to grow its workforce by 10-15% over the next two to three years. The company’s overall headcount increased by 10% in 2022, according to a statement, as a result of expanded operations and a larger footprint, particularly in Hyderabad and the NorthEast. Currently, Bikano employs roughly 2,200 people. Both lateral hiring and recruiting of new hires would be included in the upcoming employment procedure. According to the statement, a combination of hiring would be used in the upcoming years to accommodate the seasonal surge in production and demand. Increasing production at numerous sites in Delhi-NCR and the south Indian market, particularly Hyderabad, has become a primary goal for the company in an effort to increase its market share. This escalation is expected to spur extensive employment across all locations and plants. Also, many trainees across functional areas, including sales and production, are anticipated to be onboarded for the Hyderabad plant in addition to the hiring of experienced staff. “We are indeed happy to have come out relatively unscathed through the pandemic years,” said Manish Aggarwal, Director of Bikano. “Unlike other mainstream businesses, which were cutting down on their manpower, we were doing the exact opposite. It is this level of increased hiring which has been fueling our aggressive expansion plans,” he said. “In the New Year, as the inflationary trends as well as the broader slowdown headwinds ease further, we will expand our product portfolio with new and innovative offerings as well as SKUs. This means that we will only step up our hiring and recruitment drive further looking to increase our total workforce by as much as 10-15 per cent in the coming two or three years,” added Aggarwal. Kush Aggarwal, Head of Marketing, Bikano, said, “As a professional company with a proper corporate setup, we understand that HR policies and practices are responsible for a company’s growth. Bearing that in mind, we have a structured and standardised HR system in place. We give a chance to youngsters through campus visits. We also invest heavily in the training of our employees. We function as a family, keeping in mind the interests of both individual employees and the organisation.” Bikano is one of the leading packaged snack brands in the nation and was founded in 1950. What started as a small Chandni Chowk snack shop called “Bikaner Namkeen Bhandar” has grown into a huge sweet and savoury food brand. According to the statement, it is currently present in over 35 countries, including the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Indian subcontinent.

Elon Musk has already closed two of its three offices in India after already firing 90% of its 200 employees there. The employees have been asked to work remotely. Musk also shut the Twitter office in Mumbai in addition to Delhi. The Bengaluru office is still in operation. The majority of the employees in this office are engineers who work at the Twitter US headquarters. Musk seems to have, at least temporarily, diverted his attention away from the Indian market. The Company’s cost-cutting efforts include closing the two offices in India. Since the start of the layoffs, Twitter has struggled with content regulation and general functionality. The CEO had previously suggested that it might take him a full year to bring about operational stability and financial stability for the social media company. According to reports, Twitter has been settling lawsuits brought by a number of service providers and contractors after failing to pay the rent for its headquarters in San Francisco and London. It was also reported a few weeks ago in Singapore when landlords led staff out of the office building. According to media reports, Twitter had to collect money for rent in some locations by selling some of its office assets. Musk has never obscured the fact that his company’s revenues have been dropping, and he has even made indications about a potential bankruptcy.