techies

Techies well taken care of, no need for union: Balakrishnan

Employees' unions are not needed in information technology industry where work ethic is good and the staff are well-paid with techies even finding opportunities outside the company they work for, says a senior industry figure.

May 30, 2017, 13:39 PM IST

Indian techies forming union to protect jobs amid layoffs

Hundreds of Indian techies working as software engineers or providing back office services to global firms are setting up a pan-India trade union to protect their jobs amid layoffs by many IT firms, including Infosys, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and Cognizant, said a functionary of a employees forum on Tuesday.

May 23, 2017, 23:41 PM IST

Infosys to 'fire' many techies for 'non-performance'

Infosys plans to soon "fire" an unspecified number of its techies for "non-performance", over a week after announcing on May 2 that it would hire 10,000 Americans in the US, said the global software major on Wednesday.​

May 10, 2017, 17:30 PM IST