Devina Sengupta

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12 July, 2022

In Allen vs Unacademy, teachers make big bucks and founders cry betrayal

"If you want to survive here, get used to two things—dhakka and dhoka. We call it the D2 of Kota,” ......

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11 July, 2022

Unacademy to trim complimentary meals, salaries to focus on profitability

Edtech unicorn Unacademy founder Gaurav Munjal informed his employees that the company will resort to cost restructuring where a global ......

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04 July, 2022

Startups tweak hiring; scrap joining bonuses, increments and ESOPs

Startups are doing away with joining bonuses and offers of stock options besides reducing notice periods as they conserve cash ......

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14 June, 2022

Younger VC-backed startups look to hire skilled talent laid off by other firms

Freshly laid off employees in the startup sector are being eyed by new startups seeking to hire experienced talent in ......

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13 June, 2022

In edtech vs coaching cos, teachers win

As edtech firms eye a slice of the offline coaching industry, a scramble for experienced teachers has broken out in ......

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01 June, 2022

Edtech churn disrupts online teaching, brings tutors back to classroom

Ranjita L, a mathematics teacher at St Mary’s Convent School in Ghaziabad, is back in the classroom – the chalk-and-blackboard ......

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31 May, 2022

Startups rope in agencies to place fired employees

Indian startups are dialling outplacement firms to help retrenched employees secure a job. In the past few months, several startups ......

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18 May, 2022

Falling pay-outs, high fuel costs force delivery execs to ride out of food aggregators

A few Sundays ago, for the first time in many years, Md. Annu took his family out. They went to ......

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17 May, 2022

Brace for more layoffs, recruiters say

The startup sector could let go of about 5,000 employees over the next couple of quarters as they face pressure ......

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08 April, 2022

Employees get jittery as BharatPe feud prolongs

There appears to be no end to the unsavoury slanging match between BharatPe's former managing director and founder Ashneer Grover, ......