The government of India today clarified that it will not be implementing any pay revision for the employees of state-owned telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd as the company has failed to meet the profitability criteria applicable for all government enterprises. BSNL has racked up tens of thousands of crores of accumulated losses since 2009-10 […]
The voluntary retirement scheme offered by the central government to employees of state-owned telecom companies BSNL and MTNL seems to have been a hit, going by the response so far. As of last Wednesday (Nov 27), a total of 79,101 employees of BSNL and 14,050 employees of MTNL have applied for VRS under the scheme. […]
Forum for IT Employees or FITE, a web-based IT workers’ collective, has urged employees of Cognizant Technology Solutions not to resign voluntarily if asked by the company’s human resources department. “If the employee resigns his/her job, a month’s salary or three months’ salary should be paid as specified in his/her offer letter. However, if the […]
Bookmychotu.com, which providers helpers and handymen for various household and other chores, is now offering to send people to stand in queues in front of ATMs at Rs 90 per hour. An eight-hour shift for a ‘chotu’ costs Rs 550, or Rs 69 per hour. “Are you short of cash? Need a Helper to stand […]
