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Glassdoor CEO joins work-life debate, shares how he juggles being a dad and boss to 500 staff
'With [my] children, I want to lead by not having digital products all around, or being distracted by my email and text messages all the time,' Christian Sutherland-Wong said.
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Woman loses job, bonus after pet cat clicked 'send' on her resignation email to boss
Although the 25-year-old immediately reached out to her boss when she realised what had happened, it was of little help. The incident was caught on CCTV cameras.
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I’ll always ‘want to work’: Apple CEO Tim Cook on reaching retirement age in 3 years
'I don’t see being at home doing nothing,' Tim Cook, 64, said. The Apple chief has a net worth of about $2.2 billion.
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Paytm CEO complains about iPhone 16's camera, says he's considering getting a Google Pixel
Responding to the Paytm chief's post on X, several other users shared that they too were facing similar struggles with their iPhones.
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Bengaluru's Mokobara accused of selling Chinese bags at inflated price. Check company's response
The company's response comes amid an ongoing chatter on whether Mokobara is 'white labelling' Chinese bags and selling them at a markup or other e-commerce sites are selling replicas.
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Indian-origin banker quit job to launch deep-space startup in Singapore, raises Rs 207 crore
Born and brought up in Jamshedpur, Rohit Jha had moved to Singapore after high school to study electrical and electronic engineering at the Nanyang Technological University on scholarship.
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Android co-founder to Bill Gates: 'You're more responsible for Microsoft losing the $400 billion'
Rich Miner's comments come after Gates admitted to Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz that Microsoft's failure to take over the smartphone market was 'one of the greatest mistakes of all time'.
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CEO of $486 million business empire spends her Fridays writing ‘thank-you’ notes
The head of Build-A-Bear, Sharon Price John said she found penning a message of appreciation not only helps her stay on top of the week, but is also great for business.
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Petticoat or dhoti cancer: Apollo Hospitals' doctor explains how it affects women and men
In one of the cases that made headlines recently, the patient was a 70-year-old woman. A regular saree wearer, she noticed an ulcer on her right side that were later diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma.
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JPMorgan faces internal revolt after asking employees return to office: Report
Amid talks of enforcing a strict five-day work from office policy for its three lakh employees, JPMorgan stated it understood that 'not everyone will agree' with management’s decision.
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Walmart gets trolled for its first logo ‘refresh’ in 17 years. Marketing chief explains decision
Walmart did not reveal how much it spent on the logo's facelift, but social media users are speculating the bill to run into millions of dollars.
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CEO who makes interactive AI interviews reveals 3 tips you need to crack them
Aaron Wang's AI recruitment platform conducts up to 1,000 AI-powered interviews every day for companies looking to hire for positions ranging from senior software engineers to electricians.
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'Reduce taxes on long-suffering middle-class taxpayers': Mohandas Pai to PM Modi, Sitharaman
TV Mohandas Pai highlighted that there has a massive increase in school and college fees, vegetable prices, and EMI over the last few years.
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'Working Saturday was always irritating & taxing for me as well but...': Ex-L&T staff on chief's remarks
Mumbai-based investment advisor Amey Kulkarni's testimony comes hours after L&T HR head shared a lengthy statement on LinkedIn highlighting how chairman SN Subrahmanyan's words were taken out of context.
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SN Subrahmanyan's words were taken out of context, says L&T HR head. Read full statement
Sonica Muraleedharan, who has worked with the multinational conglomerate for about five years, said she was present at the meeting where the comments were made.
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Kolkata beats Bengaluru as India's most traffic-congested city in study. 'It's bullsh**,' say netizens
The TomTom Traffic Index 2024 provides insights into traffic situations in 500 cities across 62 countries regarding their travel times and levels of congestion and how it affects commuters.
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IIT professor's take on corporate bosses wanting 70-hour work week 'with 0 overtime pay' wins hearts
Nirmalya Kajuri, an assistant professor of Physics at IIT Mandi, said that in the US, Europe, and China, irrespective of what line of work professionals are in, they get paid for overtime if they work for more than 40 hours a week.
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How France welcomed Pakistan flight after its 'Paris, we're coming' ad fiasco
While Pakistan International Airlines have not responded to the incident, social media users continue to take the mickey out of the airlines for its misleading post on X. 'I'm upset Pakistan never made it to a Nobel peace award!' wrote one user.
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'My wife loves staring at me on Sundays': Adar Poonawalla on L&T chairman's remark
Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla joined ranks with other business leaders such as Anand Mahindra in disagreeing with L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan after he told his employees in a viral video: 'What do you do sitting at home? How long can you stare at your wife?'
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COO recalls Indian boss rejecting a 'capable' marketing candidate as he played guitar: 'I regret it'
Parminder Singh had worked with Google for over six years as a managing director for Google's advertising business in the Asia Pacific region. He has also worked as a managing director for X (then Twitter) for three years.
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Naukri founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani recalls meeting L&T chairman: 'He was decent enough'
'There was no agenda except that he wanted to learn. He struck me as humble, amiable and affable,' billionaire Sanjeev Bikhchandani wrote recalling meeting SN Subrahmanyan for the first time at L&T's corporate office in Delhi last November.
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Shark Tank India's Anupam Mittal asks L&T head: 'If husband and wife don't look at each other...'
Meanwhile, a spokesperson from L&T said that their chairman SN Subrahmanyan’s remarks reflect a larger ambition of nation-building and, emphasised that 'extraordinary outcomes require extraordinary effort'.
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Russia offers female students under 25 years over Rs 80,000 to give birth to healthy babies
The regional law clearly states that the policy would not apply to mothers who give birth to stillborn babies. Russia recorded its lowest birth rate in 25 years during the first half of 2024 with just 599,600 children being born.
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Spotify HR head defends its work-from-anywhere policy: No need to treat staff like 'children'
'People who work here tend to love music,' Spotify’s chief human resources officer Katarina Berg said. 'We try to find things that make people want to come into the office rather than forcing them to.'
