Man fired from Microsoft after 22 years becomes a goose farmer? LinkedIn profile is viral

3 days, 14 hours ago

Bengaluru techie calls out ‘toxic’ work environment in viral LinkedIn post: ‘Extreme micromanagement, breaks tracked’

A Bengaluru-based techie made waves this week after highlighting the ‘toxic work environment’ created by his former manager. The techie said he had faced several issues while working for the Indian team of the US-based company with “extreme micromanagement” and no “constructive guidance”. He focused on minor infractions, such as exceeding break times by a minute, instead of offering constructive …

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3 days, 17 hours ago

Bengaluru techie calls out manager on LinkedIn for tracking breaks, unrealistic workload

Hindustan Times

A Bengaluru-based techie fired a salvo of accusations against his ex-manager after being terminated from his role. In a LinkedIn post shared one day ago, the techie blamed his boss for creating a toxic work environment through micromanagement, excessive workload, and disproportionate focus on minor infractions. The techie said that the company system automatically put him offline after a brief …

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1 week, 6 days ago

‘I’m spilling the beans’: YesMadam employee who claimed to be laid off shares update

Hindustan Times

YesMadam, an at-home beauty services startup, caused uproar on social media after a screenshot allegedly showing the company firing stressed employee went viral. Anushka Dutta had shared the viral email on LinkedIn account alleging she was fired by YesMadam. "All of us together are responsible for it, we have made it a norm ki itna toh chalta hai, and “Aaj …

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2 weeks ago

Tech bro turns killer? Inside online life of Luigi Mangione who allegedly murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO

India Today

Luigi Mangione’s story reads like the resume of a quintessential tech prodigy –– elite schooling, prestigious internships, and a promising career in engineering. Yet, the 26-year-old now stands charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a shocking turn for someone whose life appeared to epitomise Silicon Valley aspirations. His comments suggested a willingness to rationalise violence as a …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

47 going on 18: Encounter with influencer aiming to live forever

Hindustan Times

Bryan Johnson, the “man who is attempting to live forever,” is, naturally, an exceedingly cautious driver. On his six-day trip to India, which begins tomorrow, Johnson’s main concern is ensuring he is driven by the “very best of drivers”. Johnson sold his payment-gateway company Braintree Venmo to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, and has been working, as a famous …

India Johnson Live Forever

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nvidia’s billionaire CEO Jensen Huang lists waiter, busboy as work experience on LinkedIn

Hindustan Times

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s LinkedIn profile has gone viral after some eagle-eyed social media users noticed how the billionaire business executive had listed waiter and busboy among his past experiences. Jensen Huang, 61, is the Taiwan-born American entrepreneur who heads the world’s most valuable chipmaker Nvidia. Take a look at Jensen Huang's LinkedIn profile below: Huang, today worth a cool …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Will your 9-to-5 job be extinct by 2034? LinkedIn co-founder's prediction on future of work is viral

Hindustan Times

An old interview with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman predicting that conventional jobs will become a thing of the past has re-surfaced on social media. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman said a person might work in multiple industries in their career. That's Reid Hoffman's latest prediction – the founder of LinkedIn who predicted the rise of social media in 1997,” he said …

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6 months ago

‘I fired my first employee’: CEO’s viral post on LinkedIn earns the internet’s wrath

Hindustan Times

An American CEO has earned the internet’s disdain for his social media post about firing an employee. Matthew Baltzell, founder and CEO of Cap X Media, shared a detailed breakdown of his meeting with the affected employee on LinkedIn last week. The CEO said he kept the whole thing “short and direct” and the employee handled it “professionally and with …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk's new target is ‘cringe’ LinkedIn: ‘It will make your toenails curl’

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, criticised job search platform LinkedIn which is owned by Microsoft. The remarks from the billionaire came in response to a post by a user named Alex Cohen who expressed his dislike for the job search platform and said, "I hate LinkedIn with a passion". Elon Musk acquiesced with the user and wrote, "LinkedIn is …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Bhavish Aggarwal reacts as LinkedIn removes his 'pronoun illness' post again: ‘You can delete this one too but…’

Hindustan Times

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has taken to X to criticise LinkedIn for removing his “pronoun illness” post for the second time. The deleted post was a share about the platform removing Aggarwal’s first post on his opinion about being addressed as “they” instead of “he” in a description created by the LinkedIn AI bot. Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal's post on …

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7 months, 1 week ago

PR executive reportedly departs China’s Baidu after comments glorifying overwork draw backlash

Associated Press

HONG KONG — A top Baidu public relations executive has reportedly departed the Chinese technology company after she drew public outcry over her comments that were seen as glorifying a culture of overwork. Baidu’s head of communications Qu Jing had implied in a series of videos that she was not concerned about her employees as she was “not their mom” …

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7 months, 1 week ago

PR executive reportedly departs China's Baidu after comments glorifying overwork draw backlash

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Internet roasts man who used his engagement to talk about sales on LinkedIn: ‘LinkedIn is a disease’

The Independent

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google Layoffs: Ex-employee's LinkedIn post describes ‘traumatic’ ordeal, ‘My hands were shaking'

Hindustan Times

Google Layoffs: In a gut-wrenching post on LinkedIn, a recently laid-off Google employee has laid bare the human cost of the company's downsizing. Ex-Google employee shares layoff experience The ex-employee who had been working for Google for the past two years, recounted the moment they learned their fate, revealing the raw emotions and sense of shock that accompany such sudden …

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8 months ago

Microsoft employee’s job terminated after 33 years; makes stunning statement of intent

Hindustan Times

In a shocking turn of events, a Microsoft executive has lost his job after 33 years of service. A sacked Microsoft executive has indicated he is not willing to let this be a setback and instead, turn it into an opportunity by starting a “second career”. He said, “So now begins the journey of finding my second career.” Clearly, not …

Microsoft

8 months, 1 week ago

Long-serving Microsoft worker adopts ‘Open to Anything’ mindset following termination

India TV News

Microsoft employee Jeff Bogdan who served over three decades, shared his experience of being terminated from the company in February 2024. Bogdan, who was designed as the Director of Learning and Development at Microsoft Windows, expressed his thoughts and experience on his official LinkedIn page, stating that being ‘open to work’ after his termination feels more like being ‘open to …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

This Google employee was personally asked to turn down job at Open AI by Sergey Brin

Hindustan Times

Google cofounder Sergey Brin personally called an employee of his company who was considering leaving the company for OpenAI, it was reported. In the call, Sergey Brin promised additional compensation to convince the employee to stay in the post, The Information reported, citing a "longtime AI researcher" as its source. The unnamed person said that the Google employee was a …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Google co-founder Sergey Brin personally called an employee to stop him from quitting and joining OpenAI

India Today

Ever since ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, the tech world has been busy talking about generative AI. Perhaps this is why, Google co-founder Sergey Brin personally called up an employee when he was about to quit the tech giant and join OpenAI. Brin, who is not often seen in public, was recently making headlines for talking about the company's …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Man's LinkedIn profile featuring witty one-liners is a hit among netizens. See pics

Hindustan Times

LinkedIn is a popular social media platform that allows users to create a professional network with other like-minded people. While many users take advantage of this platform to showcase their skills, experience, and accomplishments in great detail, one particular LinkedIn user decided to stand out from the crowd by adding a humorous twist to his job descriptions. After an X …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Google employee says losing job helped him find his true calling, lists what to do after getting laid off

India Today

Google made a lot of headlines last year for laying off thousands of employees abruptly. In a post, he revealed how losing what he thought was his "dream job" led him to find his true calling - starting a business. A couple of months back, another Google employee, who had lost her job in January, shared how she took a …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Ex-Google staff says he was denied promotion for being a ‘white man’

Hindustan Times

Google's former employee and tech celebrity, Shaun Maguire has blasted the company, alleging racial discrimination during his work days. A former Google employee and tech celebrity, Shaun Maguire has blasted the company, alleging racial discrimination. In December 2023, Maguire had asked his followers: "Should I go public with the story about the time I was told I can’t be promoted …

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11 months ago

Man working with Amazon for 7 years claims he was fired over a TikTok video. Here’s what happened

Hindustan Times

A man working with Amazon claimed that he was fired from the company over a TikTok video. The man posted a video titled “Stop Buying Heavy Items at Amazon”. The video that reportedly led to him getting fired was shared on December 6 and is titled, “Stop Buying Heavy Items at Amazon”. He went on to explain, "Long story short, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Google employee laid off after 19 years of service shares ordeal: ‘Layoffs suck’

Hindustan Times

A Google employee who worked for 19 years at the search engine giant, found itself fired in the company's latest round of layoffs. Hundreds of employees across hardware and engineering departments in Google will be laid off Taking to social media platform X, Kevin Bourrillion posted,"End of an era! After 19 years of working at @Google, with more than 16 …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Woman gets job offer from Microsoft after 30 attempts but quits within one year, here is why

India Today

Satya Nadella-led Microsoft is considered to be one of the best places to work at. Last year, Microsoft dominated the news world when it announced 10,000 job cuts. And now, a former Microsoft employee has come forward to talk about her experience at the company and how she quit her job in a year, even though it took her 30 …

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1 year ago

Ex-Spotify employee reveals getting layoff mail at 7 am, says this was his dream company since he was 16

India Today

When Twitter laid off thousands of employees last year, people all across the globe were shocked. Then, a number of tech companies started announcing large-scale layoffs and just when we thought the layoff wave was over, Spotify announced laying off 17 per cent of its workforce earlier this week. One such employee took to LinkedIn and wrote that Spotify had …

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1 year, 1 month ago

The many contradictions of Sam Altman

The Economist

C all it the “Burning Man” theory of tech. In 2000 Elon Musk’s co-founders ousted him as CEO of X.com, the firm that went on to become PayPal, a digital-payments platform. On November 17th Sam Altman looked like he would become the Bay Area’s next burnt effigy, ousted from Open AI, the artificial-intelligence firm he co-founded in 2015, by a …

Open Ai

1 year, 1 month ago

From Steve Jobs to Jack Dorsey, 5 CEOs fired from their own company

Hindustan Times

Sam Altman, the former chief executive of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, will join Microsoft. Steve Jobs Steve Jobs, the co-founder of tech behemoth Apple, was fired from the company in 1985. Jack Dorsey Jack Dorsey, who co-founded social media platform Twitter in 2006, was fired as its CEO in 2008. The board had cited Dorsey's inability to solve a persistent outage …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Entrepreneur’s viral tweet on Sam Altman’s removal from OpenAI

Hindustan Times

OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, dismissed CEO Sam Altman stating that it ‘no longer has confidence in his ability’ to continue leading the Microsoft-backed firm. Now, an entrepreneur’s post has gained significant traction on X. Sam Altman claimed that he was removed as the CEO of OpenAI over a Google Meet call. In a witty take on the situation, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is firing over 650 people, total tally this year crosses well over 10,000

Firstpost

Since January this year, Microsoft has fired over 10,000 people, and from the looks of it, they have no intention to stop or slowdown. Just this week, Microsoft-owned LinkedIn terminate over 650 employees to adapt and survive the economic situation LinkedIn announced a new round of layoffs affecting around 668 people within its engineering, product, talent, and finance teams. These …

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1 year, 2 months ago

LinkedIn employees spotted a list of names before layoffs, found they were out of jobs hours later

India Today

Job-searching platform LinkedIn announced its decision to lay off over 600 people recently and the news came as a surprise for all. And now, a Business Insider report states that some LinkedIn employees had spotted a ‘mysterious list’ over the weekend which had the names of around 500 employees. LinkedIn employees spotted mysterious list According to the Business Insider report, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Ex-Microsoft employee shares how she deals with rejections, encourages others to keep moving forward

India Today

The tech job market saw a lot of layoffs recently and in the last few months as several companies fired employees as a measure to cut costs and grapple with present market conditions. Microsoft, Twitter, Meta, Google, and Amazon, among others, laid off thousands of employees and since then, LinkedIn has been full of posts from people who have been …

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1 year, 4 months ago

LinkedIn User Writes 'Investor' in Work Experience and Freshers on 'X' Wonder, 'Is That Allowed?'

News 18

LinkedIn is, indeed, an intriguing platform. Time and time again, unusual occurrences on the app find their way onto the internet, giving social media a dimension beyond mere ‘business.’ Adding to this trend, a LinkedIn profile has now gone viral on ‘X’, previously called Twitter, and for all the right reasons. Shared on ‘X’ by a page named The State …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers behind dozens of Teams phishing attacks

The Hindu

A Russian government-linked hacking group took aim at dozens of global organisations with a campaign to steal login credentials by engaging users in Microsoft Teams chats while pretending to be from technical support, Microsoft researchers said on Wednesday. These "highly targeted" social engineering attacks have affected "fewer than 40 unique global organizations" since late May, Microsoft researchers said in a …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Google News Director Madhav Chinnappa Has Been Laid Off

ABP News

Madhav Chinnappa, Google’s Director of News Ecosystem Development has been sacked by the tech giant. To recall, layoffs across tech and IT majors have been taking place across tech giants Twitter, Facebook parent Meta, Google and Tech Mahindra, among others. Earlier last month, Google's mapping service app, Waze, is reportedly undergoing job cuts as the company aims to streamline operations …

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1 year, 4 months ago

‘Privileged’: Indian-origin director of Google news sacked after 13 years of service

Hindustan Times

Google’s director of news ecosystem development, who had been working with the company for nearly 13 years, was laid off recently. London-based Indian-origin news executive Madhav Chinnappa shared his job update on LinkedIn and expressed his happiness regarding the several achievements at the search engine giant. In the post, he reminisced about the multiple projects he led at Google, including …

India Google

1 year, 5 months ago

Ex-Microsoft employee says it was a challenging journey, recalls she was laid off over an urgent call

India Today

The tech job market has seen a lot of layoffs recently and in the last few months, several companies fired employees as a measure to cut costs and grapple with present market conditions. One such former Microsoft employee took to LinkedIn and shared how she was told on call that it was her last day at work and that she …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Woman’s honest LinkedIn profile goes viral. Here’s why

Hindustan Times

When changing workplaces, many people are extra careful to read about the role that the company offers. Woman’s honest LinkedIn profile goes viral. It all started when Twitter user Vibin Babuurajan shared a snapshot of Gupta’s LinkedIn profile on Twitter. Moved on.” Take a look at the snapshot of Shikha Gupta’s LinkedIn page here: This post was shared on July …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Former Apple employee from Karnataka alleges ‘Islamophobia’, Media plays it up without highlighting these important details: Here is what happened

Op India

A man called Khalid Parvez from Bangalore, Karnataka, who claims to be a former employee of Apple, took to LinkedIn to claim that he had quit the company after working there for 11 years without a job in his hand because of workplace and mental harassment arising out of Islamophobic comments that were made by his colleagues. The linked in …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Laid off Microsoft employee didn't get a job after applying for 250 roles, attending 57 recruiter calls

India Today

Layoffs are being done across the tech industry and thousands of employees who were working at Microsoft, Google as well as Meta are impacted in a big way. Knowlton revealed on LinkedIn that he has applied for more than 250 roles and attended 57 recruiter calls, but he hasn’t secured a job offer yet. On his last day at work, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

LinkedIn scams- Fake job offers on the rise: Report

India TV News

Fake job offers and phishing scams are on the rise on LinkedIn and half of the businesses globally experienced at least one LinkedIn scam this year, a report has shown. A fake job offer is the most popular scam and a damaged reputation was the leading outcome of LinkedIn scams, according to NordLayer, a network security solution for businesses. "The …

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1 year, 7 months ago

LinkedIn axes 716 jobs in fresh tech cuts, shuts China app

The Hindu

Professional networking platform LinkedIn says it's laying off more than 700 workers and shuttering its China jobs app, in the latest round of tech industry downsizing. LinkedIn blamed “shifts in customer behaviour and slower revenue growth” for the cuts, which it announced in a blogpost late on May 8. As part of its strategic shakeup, LinkedIn said it would be …

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1 year, 7 months ago

LinkedIn shuts down InCareer app in China, laysoff more than 700 employees

India TV News

Microsoft-owned professional social networking platform, LinkedIn, has laid off 716 employees as part of its strategy to streamline operations, including shutting down its InCareer app in China. Roslansky wrote, "As we guide LinkedIn through this rapidly changing landscape, we are making changes to our Global Business Organization and our China strategy that will result in a reduction of roles for …

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1 year, 7 months ago

LinkedIn that helps people find jobs is now laying off 700 employees

India Today

LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned platform focused on helping others find jobs, will cut 716 jobs as demand wavers. In a letter to employees obtained by global news agency Reuters, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky said the move to cut roles was aimed at streamlining the company's operations and removing layers to help make quicker decisions. The letter also highlights that the company …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Former Zoom employee shares his layoff story, gets on LinkedIn to find a new job

India Today

Back in 2020, when work from home became the new normal and offices shifted their entire operations online, Zoom saw a sudden boost in business. After hiring more and more people in 2020, Zoom announced mass layoffs last month and fired around 1,300 employees, saying goodbye to around 15 per cent of its team. Former Zoom employee's post Taking to …

Zoom Employee Linkedin

1 year, 9 months ago

Microsoft employee fired after 5 years of service, calls it a challenging time for him and his family

India Today

Layoffs don't just impact a single person, but the entire families. Microsoft India engineer loses job One such employee is Krishna Panduri, an engineer who had been working with Microsoft for the past five years, but his role got terminated as part of the recent mass layoffs at the company. Shaken by the experience yet trying to remain positive, Krishna …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Google started laying off employees in China: Know more

India TV News

Google has reportedly started to lay off employees based in China. Google's aim is to "reset the salary standard and reduce operating costs while improving the overall work efficiency", said the report of Pandaily. Alphabet, Google's parent company has laid off 12,000 employees and also removed 100 robots which use to clean the cafeterias at its headquarters. On January 20, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

'Bonkers': Fake Founder Created Using AI Gets VC Funding Offer on LinkedIn Within a Day

News 18

Roshan Patel, CEO of a medical bill payment platform, conducted an interesting social experiment using Artificial Intelligence. I created a fake LinkedIn profile of a founder.– AI-generated white male face– Stripe alum– Stanford dropout– Going through YC– "polymath"Within 24 hours, I had a VC to reach out to invest. pic.twitter.com/6T5CzvBNeo — Roshan Patel February 27, 2023 "a few ex-Stripe buddies …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Laid-off Google employees come together to start new venture; seek help on LinkedIn

Firstpost

Joining many other international tech giants in laying off employees in large numbers, Google was also among the ones to announce massive layoffs, slashing its workforce as a part of its global downsizing. While many employees were left in a state of despair and were struggling to find new jobs, a man working as a senior manager at Google decided …

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1 year, 10 months ago

LinkedIn Sacks Employees In Recruitment Department: Report

ABP News

Employment and job-focused social media platform LinkedIn has laid off employees from its recruitment department, according to a report by the news website, The Information. In January 2023, Microsoft announced its decision to let go of 10,000 employees, or around 5 per cent of its total workforce. This represents less than 5 per cent of our total employee base.” However, …

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