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McKinsey’s Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels spoke at a Senate subcommittee hearing in February. Photo: Bloomberg News

McKinsey cuts hundreds from China workforce

5 min read . 12:14 PM IST

They’re desperate for work—and being brutally open about it

4 min read . 11 Oct 2024

A stint in fast food is a badge of honor for business leaders who want to be viewed as humble and relatable.

Why successful bosses love talking about their fast-food jobs

5 min read . 10 Oct 2024

Illustration: Dan Page

The big shift from salaries to bonus-based pay

4 min read . 30 Sep 2024

'The Corporate Life Cycle—Business, Investment, And Management Implications': By Aswath Damodaran, Penguin Random House India, 576 pages, ₹1,999

The art of reviving a dying organisation

6 min read . 30 Sep 2024

Companies are coming up with contracts lasting from six months to a year.

Short contracts for top roles find favour in IT, pharma cos

2 min read . 25 Sep 2024

Hong hours and high work pressure aren’t unique to consultancy firms (iStockphoto)

At the Big Four, work stress is taking a toll on both employee and employer

4 min read . 19 Sep 2024

Anna Sebastian Perayil had worked at the EY Pune office for four months before she succumbed, allegedly to work-related stress. Her mother had sent a mail to the EY India head flagging the ‘glorification’ of overwork at the firm.

EY responds to death of CA amid work pressure concerns: ‘Have provided…’

2 min read . 18 Sep 2024

The number of employers who said gender diversity was a high priority fell to 78% this year from 87% in 2019, according to the study.

A decade after ‘lean in,’ progress for women isn’t trickling down

3 min read . 17 Sep 2024

In a recording heard by the Journal, Neom’s Wayne Borg said during a phone call that white people ‘are at the top of the pecking order.’ Alexandra Citrin-Safadi/WSJ

World’s biggest construction project is a magnet for executives behaving badly

9 min read . 11 Sep 2024

Adele during a show in Munich, Germany, last month.

Does taking a sabbatical hurt your career prospects?

5 min read . 09 Sep 2024

Hustle culture measures success by work and sacrifices. (iStock)

Why people are quitting hustle culture

4 min read . 04 Sep 2024

Shinji Tanimoto, CEO of Albatross, offers a service translated as, ‘I can’t do it anymore.’ Miho Inada/WSJ

Too timid to tell the boss you’ve had it? There’s a service for that.

4 min read . 03 Sep 2024

Each new generation coming up in the workforce tends to confuse corporate management, at least initially. (Image: Pixabay)

Young people are taking over the workplace, and that’s a problem for bosses

5 min read . 02 Sep 2024

So much for out-of-office messages with polite promises to respond when the vacation is over. We’re entering the age of the kiss-off OOO message.. Image: Shira Inbar (WSJ)

The out-of-office reply that says ‘stay out of my inbox’

4 min read . 27 Aug 2024

India's monthslong festival season typically sees employees requesting an advance on their salaries from their companies both for the celebrations and for sundry expenses. A niche set of fintech startups has carved out a business to offer loans against salaries. (PTI)

Need an advance on your salary this festive season? There are startups for that.

4 min read . 24 Aug 2024

In German, the virtue of hard work is known as Fleiß, which can translate as diligence or industriousness. (Image: Pixabay)

A nation of workaholics has a new fixation: working less

5 min read . 20 Aug 2024

Average employees tend to avoid leadership roles as they wind down their careers. Stars, however, get more engaged in leadership. (Image: Pixabay)

Are superstar employees worth it?

6 min read . 27 Jul 2024

T.his is the first data comparison since India's markets regulator mandated the top 1,000 listed firms to file the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report. (Bloomberg)

Workplace safety: Nifty 500 firms saw nearly 11,000 injuries in FY23

1 min read . 25 Jul 2024

From tech to tractors, companies are dialing back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Instead, a DEI alternative endorsed by Elon Musk could alter the fate of your next job application.

Merit, excellence and intelligence: an anti-DEI approach catches on

6 min read . 25 Jul 2024