No Return To Office For Cognizant Employees, Says CEO
Post-COVID-19 pandemic, work-from-home culture has become a lifestyle choice for employees in India. While many companies are asking employees to return to the office, several organizations have given permanent work-from-home to its employees. Recently, Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar said, " It won't be impactful if the managers don't come to work. We will have a more natural progression of return-to-work." Furthermore, this will help it to cut… read-more
Tags: Cognizant, Work From Home, business, Lifestyle, Office
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'Cityflo' Provides Economical, Convenient Transportation Service, Making Travel To Work Relaxing
Jerin Venad, Ankit Agrawal, Rushabh Shah, and Sankalp Kelshikar founded "Cityflo" in May 2015, a Lightbox Ventures and India Quotient-backed mobility business that strives to provide economical and convenient bus transportation for office-going individuals in metropolitan cities. The Mumbai-based startup currently charges Rs 185 per journey, and Rs 148 with membership. The… read-more
Tags: Office, Startups, Cityflo, Mumbai, metropolitan cities
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Former Facebook Employee Discloses Zuckerberg Had Weird Habit Of Waving Katana Sword Around Office
A former Facebook developer has revealed an unusual fact about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Noah Kagan, one of the company's initial workers while it was still known as Facebook and not Meta, stated that Zuckerberg had a strange habit of swinging a Katana sword around the workplace. In a 13-minute video, he said that Zuckerberg swung his sword when he didn't like the coding and other content on the website.
Tags: Facebook, coder, Mark Zuckerberg, employees, Office
Courtesy: India Today
Bihar Govt Orders To Close Schools, Colleges To Curb COVID-19 Cases
In view of the rising COVID-19 cases, the Bihar government on January 6 ordered to close all schools, colleges, coaching centres, and hotels till January 21. The government and private offices were asked to work with only 50% staff presence. It also ordered to close parks, gyms, religious places, and malls for 14 days. Besides, a statewide night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am is already in effect.
Tags: Bihar, School, Covid-19, Office, curfew
Courtesy: India.com
Wipro Likely To Allow Employees Work From Office Soon
Indian multinational company Wipro is expected to allow its employees to work from the office, from September. Saurabh Govil, the Chief Human Resources Officer, stated that the decision would be implemented depending on the pandemic and the third wave, as well as on the speed of the vaccination drive. The company has vaccinated almost 35,000 employees under its premises.
Tags: Wipro, IT Company, Covid-19, Vaccination, Office
Courtesy: Times Now Digital
53% Of Organisations To Reduce Office Space, Indicates Survey
A survey done by Cisco Systems has indicated about 53% of organisations plan to reduce their office space. About 1,569 people were questioned in the survey, and 90% of them said that they will not return to office as full timers. However, it also opined people are not happy with their current experience either. Besides, the survey found the changes this pandemic brought in the work-life will remain for years.
Tags: Lifestyle, Covid-19, Office, Corporate Life
Courtesy: Hindustan Times