Cognizant Jobs

Facing social media backlash over the Rs 2.52 lakh annual salary offer for freshers, IT giant Cognizant on Sunday said it offers Rs 4-12 lakh salary to fresh engineering graduates.

Accenture has announced it plans to cut about 2.5 percent of workforce, or 19,000 jobs, as the lowers its profit and revenue forecast for the year. The firm said more than 50 percent of the job cuts would affect staff at its non-billable corporate functions.

IndiGo on Tuesday cautioned candidates to be cognizant of fake job offers, saying certain people are using the name of airline's employees to demand money in exchange for interviews, jobs or trainings.

The exit from some parts of the content moderation business will hurt financial performance in the coming year, Cognizant said.

Five people were arrested yesterday on the charge of running a fake job racket and cheating about 70 unemployed youth of around Rs 50 lakh by promising positions in software firms such as Wipro and Cognizant, police said.

The agreement will enable Cognizant to further expand its presence in Europe

Hiring by the Indian IT companies declined 17 percent year-on-year in May 2017 as volatility in the technology sector continues, according to a study.

The US had accused TCS, as well as peers Infosys and Cognizant of unfairly cornering the lion's share of US' H-1B work visas, taking jobs away from American workers.

Tech services companies, including Cognizant Technology Solutions, have been cutting positions in India. Some workers have blamed Trump for prompting the job losses and exacerbating problems in the industry.

The development comes at a time when IT companies like Wipro and Cognizant are taking measures to control costs.

Cognizant has rolled out a 'voluntary separation programme' for directors, associate vice presidents and senior VPs, offering them 6-9 months of salary to make way for the new generation to move up the chain.

Swapana Bhosale was stunned when she found out earlier this month she was losing her job at tech services provider Cognizant Technology Solutions in India. Layoffs in the business are rare, particularly if employees are in the middle of client assignments like she was.

Protectionist policies in the West and increased automation have led to job losses in India's fast-growing IT sector

Nasscom said the numbers being reported with regard to layoffs across different sources are not in line with the actual employment progression.

A few employees of Cognizant recently approached the state Labour Department alleging that the IT company was forcibly taking resignations from employees citing poor performance.

Facing social media backlash over the Rs 2.52 lakh annual salary offer for freshers, IT giant Cognizant on Sunday said it offers Rs 4-12 lakh salary to fresh engineering graduates.

Accenture has announced it plans to cut about 2.5 percent of workforce, or 19,000 jobs, as the lowers its profit and revenue forecast for the year. The firm said more than 50 percent of the job cuts would affect staff at its non-billable corporate functions.

IndiGo on Tuesday cautioned candidates to be cognizant of fake job offers, saying certain people are using the name of airline's employees to demand money in exchange for interviews, jobs or trainings.

The exit from some parts of the content moderation business will hurt financial performance in the coming year, Cognizant said.

Five people were arrested yesterday on the charge of running a fake job racket and cheating about 70 unemployed youth of around Rs 50 lakh by promising positions in software firms such as Wipro and Cognizant, police said.

The agreement will enable Cognizant to further expand its presence in Europe

Hiring by the Indian IT companies declined 17 percent year-on-year in May 2017 as volatility in the technology sector continues, according to a study.

The US had accused TCS, as well as peers Infosys and Cognizant of unfairly cornering the lion's share of US' H-1B work visas, taking jobs away from American workers.

Tech services companies, including Cognizant Technology Solutions, have been cutting positions in India. Some workers have blamed Trump for prompting the job losses and exacerbating problems in the industry.

The development comes at a time when IT companies like Wipro and Cognizant are taking measures to control costs.

Cognizant has rolled out a 'voluntary separation programme' for directors, associate vice presidents and senior VPs, offering them 6-9 months of salary to make way for the new generation to move up the chain.

Swapana Bhosale was stunned when she found out earlier this month she was losing her job at tech services provider Cognizant Technology Solutions in India. Layoffs in the business are rare, particularly if employees are in the middle of client assignments like she was.

Protectionist policies in the West and increased automation have led to job losses in India's fast-growing IT sector

Nasscom said the numbers being reported with regard to layoffs across different sources are not in line with the actual employment progression.

A few employees of Cognizant recently approached the state Labour Department alleging that the IT company was forcibly taking resignations from employees citing poor performance.