A few years back I and my close friends sat in our office cafeteria sipping coffees and discussing our work life. We remembered the days when we were in college and all we wanted then was a secure job in reputed organizations. One of us started talking about how she was frustrated at the work, […]
Predictions are hard to make, especially about the future be it economic, social, or political phenomena. The economist Ravi Batra, for example, wrote popular books in 1989 and 1999 incorrectly predicting global depressions in 1990 and 2000 respectively, and in 1992 the economist Lester Thurow of MIT predicted that China ‘will not have a […]
People of India are concerned with the possibility of large layoffs, loss of employment. As CII Director-General Chandrajit Banerjee said in a discussion, “SMEs face the biggest challenge. Jobs losses will be much more in smaller firms. Larger companies will be able to see the crisis through for a longer period”. He also added that […]
With the number of COVID-19 cases growing exponentially and many countries having lockdown, most of us are adhering to working from home. As the world fights a relentless battle against the pandemic, each of us is facing our own daily struggles. With the line between professional and personal spaces clouding, many of us are finding […]
The coronavirus outbreak, which originated in China and has infected more than 3 million people globally, and with more than 200 countries affected around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a pandemic. Since there is no vaccine to stop the spread of this virus, the countries are put into lockdown to […]