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• Renault boss Luca de Meo to step down

  "After five years leading Renault Group, Luca de Meo has announced his decision to leave his position," said a company statement, adding that his departure would take effect on July 15.

  

• CEOs clone themselves with AI while workers fear losing jobs

  Corporate executives are using AI tools, such as Delphi and Tavus, to do a variety of tasks, such as uploading their written content, keynote speeches, interviews, and even meeting recordings to create text and voice chatbots and video avatars trained on their work. While AI can help boost productivity, the quality of work can get hampered as AI hallucinates and supercharges inauthenticity.

  

• Arun Srinivas appointed as Meta's Managing Director and Head for India

  ​As part of his new and expanded role, Srinivas will focus on bringing the organisation's business, innovation, and revenue priorities together to serve partners and clients, while continuing to support the long-term growth of Meta's business and commitment to India.

  

• Bengaluru techie uses Swiggy deliveries to meet people, find clients

  Padmanaban Ebbas, a tech professional in Bengaluru, is using a unique approach to rebuild his business connections after his tech firm faced pandemic-related challenges. He moonlights as a Swiggy delivery person, distributing flyers advertising his full-stack developer services to potential clients

  

• Gujarat eyes 1,500 apartments to house Tata fab staff, suppliers

  ​Apart from these 500 units, construction has begun for another 1,000 apartments which will be available by around February-March next year, she said. These are like serviced apartments and come with one, two or three bedrooms.

  

• Bata CEO Sandeep Kataria resigns after 5 years; succession plans underway

  Sandeep Kataria, global CEO of Bata Corporation, has resigned. He was the first Indian to lead the footwear giant. Kataria will stay for six months to help with the transition. An official announcement is expected soon. Succession plans are currently in progress. This marks a significant change in leadership for the Switzerland-based company. Kataria's departure concludes his five-year tenure.

  

• From Disruption to Reinvention: Can India’s middle class survive the AI era?

  In the face of rapid AI advancements, India's middle class is at a crossroads, grappling with the transformation of white-collar professions. Industries such as IT, finance, and journalism are undergoing significant shifts, necessitating a proactive approach to reskilling.

  

• Startups fire up hiring engine in hunt for senior executives

  Snabbit, Battery Smart, Nawgati, Better Nutrition, Snitch, Univest, Ekincare, Fleetx and Vetic are among those hiring for leadership positions, said founders and executive search firms.

  

• Gen Z, women employees lead a healthy change at India Inc

  Some like Deloitte are taking it a notch higher by tracking employee fitness as part of the performance management system. Others, like natural resources and technology conglomerate Vedanta, are introducing digital fitness tracking on a voluntary basis for employees.

  

• Maternity Leave: An anatomization of K Umadevi Vs Govt of Tamil Nadu & Others judgement delivered on May 23

  In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has supported a Tamil Nadu government employee's request for maternity leave for her third child, overturning regulations that previously capped benefits at two children.

  

• Six mindset splits in Gen Z: A simulation story

  An intriguing analysis uncovers six unique mindset divisions among Generation Z in the workplace. Through a practical simulation faced at a public sector bank in India, these distinctions come to light. The research illustrates how decision-making styles, adaptability levels, and stress responses vary widely. Key influences such as data interpretation skills, performance-related stress, and management styles are pivotal.

  

• Agilisium gifts cars to its long-serving employees

  The company, despite headwinds in the business environment, has also announced performance hikes to its employees across levels.

  

• Big Tech’s acqui-hire strategy heats up as demand for AI talent soars

  Such acquihiring is not just a trend, but a strategic necessity for these companies and is likely to see more traction, as the demand for AI talents will continue to increase, say experts.

  

• Sun Pharma elevates Kirti Ganorkar as MD; Shanghvi to continue as Executive Chairman

  Entire business and all functions will be reporting to Ganorkar, the Mumbai-based drug major said in a statement.

  

• Lateral hiring: TCS to hold interviews in Mumbai, Bengaluru, other cities on Saturday

  In Bengaluru, TCS has said that it will hold walk-in in-person interviews at its office at Brigade Bhuwalka Icon on ITPL main road in Whitefield from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm, paving the way for skilled workers to join its AI-Cloud team, according to a public notice by TCS.

  

• Tesla sues former employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets to launch rival startup

  Li worked at the EV maker between August 2022 and September 2024. According to the complaint, in the weeks leading up to his departure, he transferred files related to Optimus onto two personal smartphones and soon after launched his own company.

  

• Employee gets appraisal after one year but gets shock of his life when he looks at his salary

  This individual had been employed at such a firm for over a year, patiently enduring difficult circumstances with the hope that annual appraisal season might bring some reward.

  

• Google is tightening its return-to-office policies across multiple divisions

  The new policy affects employees in Google's Knowledge & Information division, which houses Search, ads and commerce operations, as well as Core engineering teams. Remote workers who live within 50 miles of approved Google offices must now transition to a hybrid 3-day schedule by September or accept severance packages.

  

• Book review - The Irresistible Manager

  A Modern Manager’s Survival Guide That Reads Like a Mentor’s Voice

  

• Minority based bonuses? Whistleblower says Lockheed Martin favoured race over merit; top performers dropped due to ‘too many white employees’

  The whistleblower, who worked in Lockheed’s aeronautics division, alleged that in late 2022 he was instructed by senior officials to revise the list of employees eligible for year-end bonus payments after it was deemed to contain “too many white employees.” The revised list was expected to include more minorities, regardless of their performance.