I hope my story will help any one facing layoff challenges. I am not sure if I will be in Wipro next time when I publish my next article but definitely I am determined to continue my fight against such actions.
Category: Work Condition
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NDLF IT Union Short Film Movement
Take Short films on the above Topics and Upload in YouTube. Short films in Tamil/English Language and regional Language with English Subtitles accepted.
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Work life balance is a joke!
Indian millennials reportedly spend a whopping 52 hours a week at work, outpacing their counterparts in the US, UK, and even China by quite a big margin. 25 percentage of women employees in India told tiredness was their top concern. In the long term, fatigue causes depression, anemia and even diabetes.
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Thozhilar Koodam on Wipro Employees Fight Against Layoffs
As the pressure on the employers in the IT industry continue, they are coming up with innovative ways to counter the narrative that the industry is laying off workers for no other reason than to maximise profit.
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Corporate Appointment Letter and Mafia Loan Agreement
Just for argument sake, let us consider that Indian laws grant the companies the right to terminate employees at will and check what will be the impact.
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IT Employees Life : Fun or Problems?
It is true that people working in IT industry get more salary than many other sectors. But the biggest worry for IT employees is the layoffs happening across the industry. Most of the employees who are asked to resign are in the age bracket of 35+. This is the age where an employee got married, have kids, bought new house and is paying high loan amount.
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Shreya, an Indian woman IT employee’s fight against Wipro
Shreya says she had suffered because she is “a woman, an Indian woman and one who submitted to the advances of a senior, powerful man in the company with friends at the top”, and that she was singled out because she “dared to complain that she had been the victim of discrimination, intimidation and harassment”.
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“We should be free to speak out and to organize” – US Workers
“I see a lot of apathy for Unions. Very sad. They gave you: Weekends off, eight hour work day, Holidays off. And a safer workplace. People died in the fight to start unions for you. If you like working 60 hours a week on a regular basis; keep on disliking unions”
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Employees from leading IT Companies Take Union Positions!
This is indeed an important milestone in the efforts to organize the 4 million strong IT/ITES workforce in India. IT companies having pan Indian presence, it is important to organize employees all over India. Such efforts are underway in IT hubs like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Pune, Kolkata and NCR.
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Gopikrishna DurgaPrasad Loses his Life to IT industry Hubris
“Have to find the company and arrest his managers, HR.” “Pathetic, dont know what govt we have, lives r precious n are ending like anything.”
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A Small Step for the Giant Leap – NDLF IT Employees Wing Meeting
NDLF – IT Employees Wing is organizing IT Employees all over the country to take care of employees interests. Be part of this and help your colleagues, friends and yourself. NLF has over 20 years of experience fighting on behalf of workers against unfair labour practices.
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HCL Fires an Employee of 17 years in 2 months!
I was considered for near future opening, but it was not considered by HR due to assignment issues. I worked for this organization for more than 17 years and got consistent performance rating. My last year rating was EP (exceptional performance).
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Infosys : IT Company or Death Camp? – Poster
IT company OR Death Camp? TN Govt! Prosecute Infosys for making Ilayaraja work 48 hours non-stop! IT friends! Unite to Win 8 Hours Workday & Job Security! Organize as Trade Union!
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Asked to Resign by HR? : Senior Wipro Employee on How to Handle It!
If company terminates on worst scenario, we can go strong against the company in labour department and in courts. Labour laws are favorable for employees in most cases. These steps are time consuming but chances of win is almost 99%.
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IT Life : Path of Roses or Bed of Thorns? – An Employee View
Initially it has been thought that respect will be given to people who work hard and stay late hours. Then, there were mails which say to work smart and leave early and it has been communicated that smart people finish work early with perfection. In First appraisal cycle, the myth has been broken and shattered.
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