Tag Archives: Employees

Apple to Pay One-Time Bonuses of Up to $1,000 to Store Employees: Report

Apple will pay one-time bonuses of as much as $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710 crores) to store employees next month, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company will give out $1,000 (roughly Rs. 73,710 crores) to retail staff hired before March 31, while those who joined later will get $500 (roughly Rs. 36,840), the report said. ... Read More »

Facebook Reports Modest Growth of Women Employees

Globally, the number of women working at Facebookhas risen to 35 percent, up from 33 percent in 2016 while their number in the technical department has risen by two per cent in the past year to 19 percent, the company said. According to a Facebook blog post on Wednesday, women now make up 27 percent of all new graduate hires in engineering and ... Read More »

Mozilla Lays Off Employees Working on Firefox-Powered Connected Devices: Report

HIGHLIGHTS Mozilla dissolves team behind connected devices initiative The company has reportedly laid off a team of 50 Mozilla ended development of its Firefox OS for smartphones in 2015 Mozilla, the non-profit company popular for its Firefox browser, has given up on its dream of expanding into connected devices. The company has confirmed that it is dissolving its connected devices ... Read More »

As the Job Market Heats Up, Consider These Bonuses to Keep Employees Happy

A bonus is additional compensation paid to an employee. As the job market heats up, the competition among employers to attract and retain good workers is growing. Bonuses may be a way for your company to gain a competitive edge in the job market. This is especially true for small businesses that may not offer the same menu of fringe ... Read More »

Universities under fire for gagging former employees

London Metropolitan University has signed settlement agreements with 894 staff since 2011/12. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Friday 30 December 2016 00.01 GMTLast modified on Friday 30 December 2016 00.15 GMT View more sharing options Shares 73 Universities have been accused by the Lib Dems of stifling free speech through the use of “gagging clauses”, after the party’s ... Read More »

Evernote Employees Can Read Your Notes, Highlights New Privacy Policy

HIGHLIGHTS This access is only with select employees with special training Evernote looks to enhance machine learning experience with this Users can opt out of this access of data for machine learning Evernote has issued a notice to announce that it will allow a few employees to access users’ notes to look after the machine learning technologies applied to content. ... Read More »

Twitter to Lay Off Employees, Halt Engineering Work at Bengaluru Development Centre

Twitter to Lay Off Employees, Halt Engineering Work at Bengaluru Development Centre Twitter Inc said on Monday it would lay off some employees and halt engineering work at one of its development centres in India’s technology hub Bengaluru. The layoffs will impact less than 20 employees at the development centre, according to a source familiar with the matter. The employees ... Read More »

Cisco Systems to Reportedly Lay Off About 14,000 Employees

Cisco,Systems,to,Reportedly,Lay,Off,About,14,000,Employees HIGHLIGHTS Cisco to shift focus to become a software-centric organisation The job cuts are beacuse of this action taken by Cisco HP and Microsoft also announced job cuts earlier this year Cisco Systems Inc is laying off about 14,000 employees, representing nearly 20 percent of the network equipment maker’s global workforce, technology news site CRN reported, citing sources close ... Read More »

Facebook’s 13,000 Employees to Shift to Microsoft’s Office 365

HIGHLIGHTS Facebook to announce shifting to Office 365 next week Facebook will use emails and calendar features Facebook at Work will be used for collaboration Facebook next week is expected to announce that its 13,000 employees will shift to Microsoft’s Office 365. The social giant has “signed a deal” to use Microsoft’s Web-based productivity suite. WSJ reports that Facebook’s 13,000 ... Read More »

Read Satya Nadella’s Email to Microsoft Employees on LinkedIn Buyout

HIGHLIGHTS Nadella in a memo to employees detailed the reasons for the deal. It’s the biggest acquisition by Microsoft since he became CEO. LinkedIn will retain its independence, the companies announced. While Monday was set to be a big day for tech news, what with the keynote address of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) due to see some major announcements, ... Read More »