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A layoff is not always a verdict on a person’s worth. It is often a verdict on the organisation’s willingness to retrain. Image: AI generated Layoffs are the workplace equivalent of a public guillotine. A number is announced, a few senior leaders offer solemn adjectives, and everyone is expected to pretend the story ends there….
Bill Gates has started putting in place the first major steps toward closing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s most-influential philanthropic organisations. The foundation recently announced that it will spend a record $9 billion in 2026, its highest annual budget so far, while also preparing to cut up to 500 staff…
NEW DELHI: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu continued her encouraging return to top-level badminton, advancing to the semifinals of the Malaysia Open Super 1000 on Friday in what is her first tournament after a prolonged injury layoff.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!World No. 18 Sindhu progressed after her quarterfinal opponent, Japan’s…
Forever layoff: A pattern that produces a workforce that is neither secure nor dismissed, but permanently under review. Image: AI generated “Now, what I want is, Facts.” The demand, delivered by Thomas Gradgrind in Charles Dickens’ Hard Times, is not a plea for truth but a warning about method. In Dickens’ Coketown, facts are not…
Layoffs are often described through numbers, job reports and industry cycles. Yet the reality sits closer to the individual who loses structure, income and career direction in a single turn.A user recently made a post on Reddit, sharing a similar experience. “Laid off in September, in severe depression and can’t get over it,” he wrote….
The new codes aim to increase women’s employment opportunities, ensure worker safety, extend social security benefits to gig workers. (AI image) New labour codes 2025: The government has introduced what experts are calling a significant reform in labour laws by implementing four comprehensive labour codes from November 21, 2025. The new labour codes impact both…
How an Amazon recruiter’s layoff story echoes the pain of millions in tech From California to Bengaluru, corporate corridors are echoing with the same uneasy phrase: “workforce restructuring.” Over the past year, global giants including Amazon, Google, Meta, IBM, and Accenture have announced sweeping layoffs as they “streamline operations” and “pivot to AI.” Thousands of…
File photo: JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive Jamie Dimon (Picture credit: AP) JPMorgan Chase & Co chief executive Jamie Dimon has said the bank’s workforce is likely to remain steady or even grow as artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in its operations. His comments counter the widespread concern that automation will cause massive…
Meta is laying off approximately 600 employees from its artificial intelligence division as chief AI officer Alexandr Wang pushes for a leaner, faster-moving organisation capable of competing in the race toward superintelligence. In an internal memo viewed by multiple outlets, Wang told affected staff that downsizing would streamline decision-making. “By reducing the size of our…
Amazon is reportedly set for another round of layoffs. According to a report in Fortune, the ecommerce giant is preparing to cut as much as 15% of its Human Resources (HR) staff. There are also additional layoffs reportedly planned in other divisions. The report quotes multiple sources said to be familiar with the Amazon layoff…
