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<ul><li>Indigo has been hit by labour troubles on the ground too as this month, aircraft maintenance technicians went on a mass sick leave for two days in Delhi and Hyderabad.</li><li>All the airlines will face shortage of crew, leading them to poaching.</li><li>Experts also fear that this increase in demand for experienced pilots will push them to hire foreign pilots.</li></ul>India’s largest airline Indigo has been well-known for its on-time performance. Yet, earlier last month over half of its flights were delayed. Reason? A large chunk of its <keyword id="55080" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cabin-crew" source="Orion">cabin crew</keyword> staff took a sick leave. As per s<a href="https://zeenews.india.com/aviation/indigo-staffing-trouble-continues-now-technicians-go-on-mass-sick-leave-for-this-reason-2483851.html">ources</a>, they all went to attend a mass recruitment drive by Tata Air India, a competitor. The airline has been hit by labour troubles on the ground too as this month, aircraft maintenance technicians went on a mass sick leave for two days in Delhi and Hyderabad to protest low wages and salaries. There will be more such incidents in the coming months, experts say, as a new airline Akasa Airlines is all set to launch operations. Jet Airways too is making a comeback and even Tata Air India is getting ready for a revamp. All of them will face shortage of crew, leading them to poaching. There are around 17,000 registered pilots in India out of which over 2,500 are women. The industry needs much more. “India needs 10,000 more flight attendants, 6,000 more qualified pilots. Compared to past slowdown of 2010, 2012 or 2009 in the industry, this time it is going to be very hard for the airlines to sustain. To sustain growth one has to add aircrafts, fleets, need more pilots, flight attendants, engineers,” Mark Martin, founder and CEO of Martin Consulting told Business Insider in an interview. Experts also fear that this increase in demand for experienced pilots will push them to hire foreign pilots. Flying schools had closed during the Covid-19 pandemic for two years and there are a lot of pending licenses to be approved as well. It’s not just the pilots but there will be a shortage of experienced engineers, ground staff and other cabin crew that new airlines would love to have in their fold. It means an aviation talent war is afoot and it will be another ground for old and new airlines alike to battle on — in addition to fliers and flying slots. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Salary cuts and bruises" comment="subhead" text="Salary cuts and bruises">Salary cuts and bruises</cmsannotation> While many international airlines went bankrupt and shut shop during the pandemic close downs, top Indian airlines have managed to stay afloat. For which, they had to resort to salary cuts and more such moves. Indigo and SpiceJet both deferred and slashed salaries but also restored them within a year, as airlines started flying in 2021. But very few salaries <a href="https://www.outlookindia.com/business/talent-war-amongst-airlines-aviation-sector-indigo-air-india-akasa-air-air-india-how-indian-airlines-are-gearing-up-to-prepare-for-talent-war-news-207844">are back to pr</a>e-pandemic levels in spite of the fact that Indians have been thronging airports in the recent months. This could be another reason why most of them could be swayed by better salaries and offers from the market. Praveen Paul, a Bengaluru based aviation consultant disagrees. He believes that employees would stick to bigger airlines which are better paymasters and will look for stability in addition to hikes. Indigo, he says, is one of the few airlines that pays its employees on-time, unlike most others. “I don’t see talent running to new airlines in a hurry. Indigo, Tata’s Air India will not lose any talent while SpiceJet, Go Air may lose as employees feel whatever happens they get their salaries on time at Air India and Indigo,” Paul told Business Insider India. Aviation sector jobs, while technical and necessary, have gone through many rounds of stress and strain in the last few years. After the debacle of Kingfisher employees who were never paid when it closed down in 2016, Jet Airways and its bankruptcy was also hard on the sector and its employees. However, now that there’s a turnaround, they would be in a better position to negotiate — that could be bad news for airlines who are already flying on wafer thin margins thanks to a massive increase in aviation turbine fuel prices. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/spicejet-says-its-md-ajay-singh-is-the-victim-to-a-bogus-complaint/articleshow/92818041.cms">SpiceJet says it’s MD Ajay Singh is the victim to a bogus complaint</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/butter-chicken-keema-pav-anda-burji-but-without-anda-or-chicken-and-mutton-how-startups-and-fmcg-players-are-shaping-indias-plant-based-meat-category/articleshow/92810504.cms">Butter chickenless, UnMutton keema — vegan meats hope to become the next ‘paneer’ but health concerns remain</a>

After techies, its aviation crew salaries that will be ‘up in the air’

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/tech-jobs">Tech industry jobs</a> aren't only for people with coding backgrounds.</li><li>The top 3 most popular tech jobs for non-techies are sales manager, business development manager, and sales representative roles at tech companies, according to a study by salary and compensation website <a href="https://www.comparably.com/blog/top-tech-jobs-for-new-grads/">Comparably</a>.</li><li>Here are the top 15 most popular tech jobs - and their average salaries - for non-techies.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>So you've decided you want a job in the tech industry but you don't have a technical background.The tech industry doesn't exclusively hire coders and software engineers. People who have studied the humanities and business can often find an in at tech companies in roles focused on management, human resources, social media, and more. And, some of the jobs can yield six-figure salaries.According to a recent study by salary and compensation website <a href="https://www.comparably.com/blog/top-tech-jobs-for-new-grads/">Comparably</a> based on 20,000 anonymous employee salary records, here are the top 15 most popular tech jobs - and their average salaries - for non-techies.

The 15 most popular tech jobs for non-techies - and their average salaries

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">HBOEven tech workers in Silicon Valley struggle with the region's housing costs.</div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>Tech workers come to Silicon Valley in droves with dreams of working for one of the world's biggest tech companies, like Google or Apple, or with hopes of founding their own startup.</li><li>Such a position entails a comfortable salary, but having a tech salary in the nation's most competitive real estate market doesn't always promise a life of luxury.</li><li>Here's what working in Silicon Valley's tech sphere really looks like.</li></ul>The dream of working for one of Silicon Valley's many tech behemoths, along with the luxuries such a six-figure salary would afford, has resulted in droves of engineering degree-toting techies coming to the Bay Area.Though, in reality, earning a tech salary is not all it's cracked up to be.In the <a href="https://www.lendingtree.com/home/mortgage/most-competitive-housing-markets-2/">nation's most competitive real estate market</a>, it can be next to impossible to find affordable living accommodations. The housing crisis has left thousands struggling, and has done nothing to help the city's homelessness epidemic.It costs <a href="https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/renting/renting-in-the-top-financial-centers-of-the-world/">$3,360 on average</a> for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco. That means, when the <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Starting-salaries-at-SF-tech-companies-10970396.php">average starting tech salary of $91,738</a> is taken into account, some techies are shelling out a good portion of their paycheck solely on rent.And when it's time for those tech workers to buy a home, forget it: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-expensive-tech-workers-cant-buy-homes-2018-8">a recent study found that 60%</a> of them felt they couldn't afford one.That's all before factoring in other lofty expenses in the city, like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/we-tried-millionaires-bacon-in-sf-2017-10">$7 bacon strips.</a><h4>From fraternity house-style "hacker houses" to sleeping in a Google parking lot, here's what a tech salary in the "Tech Capital of the World" looks like. </h4>

Disappointing photos show what living in San Francisco on a tech salary really looks like

<ul><li>Global startups and young companies in the US, Germany, and Southeast Asia — including Dubai, Indonesia, Singapore — are reportedly ramping up the hiring of Indian techies, wooing them with professional exposure and salary hikes. </li><li>Global startups including GrabTaxi, Go-Jek, Delivery Hero are hiring Indian engineers. </li><li>Skills that global startups are looking for include data science, Stack development and project management.</li></ul>As<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hiring-tcs-infosys-wipro-and-others-up-12-months-in-a-row/articleshow/69019342.cms"> IT hiring picks up</a> in India, even global startups appear to be eyeing Indian talent for mid-level and senior-level hires. While tightened visa norms have largely affected Indian workforce overseas, global startups and young companies in the US, Germany, and Southeast Asia — including Dubai, Indonesia, Singapore — are ramping up the <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/trend-tracking/global-startups-rope-in-indian-engineers/articleshow/69104600.cms">hirings Indian techies </a>wooing them with professional exposure and salary hikes. Global startups including GrabTaxi, Go-Jek, Delivery Hero are hiring Indian engineers skilled in data science, Stack development and project management, Times of India <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/yeti-footprints-indian-army-tweets-these-pictures-as-evidence-5701837/?pfrom=HP">reported.</a> Calling Indian engineers as a premium talent, Adithya Venkatesan, marketing specialist in Go-Jek tech reportedly told TOI “The engineers that we have hired have sound knowledge in programming languages like Clojure, Ruby and Golang and the process takes three weeks at minimum.” These young companies in the US have been open to hiring freshers as well, despite stricter <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/us-immigration-denial-of-h1-b-visas-raises-legal-questions/articleshow/68844794.cms">visa rules</a>. While some startups are looking to establish their offices in India to expand globally, several companies are hiring Indians for offshore locations. However, for the experienced positions, the average salary hikes offered by the companies is reportedly 15%-20%. According an Indian firm tracking hiring cycles, Skillenza, “These are the startups that are looking to ramp up their team after sealing a series-B or -C round so they have enough bandwidth to look outside their market for talent. They are on the lookout for people with 3-10 years of experience,” Times of India <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/trend-tracking/global-startups-rope-in-indian-engineers/articleshow/69104600.cms">reported</a> citing its co-founder Subhendu Panigrahi. Domestic demand India is the world's third largest startup ecosystem after the US and the UK. Given the growth in hiring by startups, Indian startups have been offering strikingly impressive salaries for the top-level roles. Over 8,000 tech startups in India are looking to hire IT talent and it will last for the next 18 months, according to <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/it-hiring-picks-up-domestic-demand-and-startups-key-drivers-3877501.html">TeamLease</a>. Indian unicorns — Oyo, Zomato, Swiggy — have been the key employers across sectors for top roles. According to a recent <a href="https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/oyo-zomato-swiggy-on-hiring-spree-offer-average-salary-of-over-rs-60-lakh-for-top-level-recruits/409196">report</a>, the unicorns -- who have also set eyes globally — have hired nearly 214 people with an average salary of ₹6 million, annually. In fact, food delivery platform Swiggy is presently looking for experienced tech candidates for data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to build their business and expand in the delivery space. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/here-are-the-25-most-popular-workplaces-in-india-according-to-linkedin/articleshow/68704338.cms">Here are the 25 most popular workplaces in India, according to LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/swiggy-delivery-does-1-5-million-orders-on-cycles-pilots-use-of-electric-vehicles/articleshow/69094004.cms">Swiggy rides the green wave, delivers 1.5 million orders on cycles; electric vehicles are next</a>

These global startups are reportedly on a hiring spree for Indian talent

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Nick Starichenko/Shutterstock</div></div></div>If you're a tech worker and command one of the industry's typically much-better-than average paychecks, where's the best place to live?The easy answer is San Francisco or Silicon Valley, given that they are collectively ground zero for the tech industry, and area companies are well known for offering huge paychecks and benefits to woo workers away from the competition.But the Bay Area also has some of the highest living costs in the country. All those young, talented employees pulling down sky-high salaries have driven up the price of everything from housing to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/artisanal-toast-san-francisco-craze-2017-6/#the-melted-butter-and-strawberry-jam-ran-over-the-sides-and-it-was-beautiful-14">avocado toast.</a> And other metro areas more than make up for lower salaries when the cost of living is factored in.So the answer isn't as simple as it might seem. Enter <a href="http://www.hiringlab.org/2017/09/27/tech-salaries-go-furthest-2017/">Indeed</a>. The job site has taken a look at which cities offer the best deals for tech workers. It took the annual salary information users from the top 25 metro areas submitted to it between August 2016 and July 2017 and adjusted for each area's cost of living.Here's its list of the top 10 best metropolitan areas - including big cities and their nearby suburbs - for techies to work, ranked in order of adjusted salaries:

If you're lucky enough to have a tech salary, these are the 10 cities to get the most bang for your buck

Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThese states all boast an average salary of over $100,000 for tech workers.It's a good time to be working in tech, no matter where you live in the US.The non-profit trade association Computing Technology Industry Association, or <a href="https://www.comptia.org/">CompTIA</a>, recently found that tech workers make, on average, $108,900 throughout the US.That being said, tech workers in some states stand to earn more than their counterparts in other parts of the country.And while, expectedly, California techies skew the curve by earning more than $150,000 on average a year, CompTIA also found that you don't necessarily have to move to Silicon Valley if you want to earn more than $100,000 a year.Here are the states (plus Washington DC) where tech workers stand to earn the highest salaries:

14 states where tech workers make the most money

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://pictures.reuters.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZJVMBEQF&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1452&amp;RH=901&amp;RW=1452&amp;RH=901#/SearchResult&amp;VBID=2C0BXZJVMBEQF&amp;SMLS=1&amp;RW=1452&amp;RH=901&amp;POPUPPN=1&amp;POPUPIID=2C0408WNYYMMG">REUTERS/Rick Wilking</a></div></div></div>You don't need a tech background to land good gig in Silicon Valley. In fact, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft wouldn't run without the help of customer service representatives, accountants, and human resources managers.Compensation monitoring site <a href="https://www.comparably.com/">Comparably</a> recently compiled results from more than 14,500 users to determine the most popular jobs for people without a technical background, along with how much those positions pay.The employees measured hail from small, mid-size, and large companies, including Apple, Uber, Facebook, and more. Comparably found plenty of roles that require little to no tech experience - and some of them have hefty salaries and bonuses attached. Here are the 10 most popular roles for non-techies and what they pay. Get the latest Google stock price<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stock/GOOG-Quote"> here.</a>

These 10 popular tech jobs are perfect for people without a tech background - here's how much they pay

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Todd ClanceyThe contemporary mansion's asking price is five times that of the neighborhood's median home value.</div></div></div>There's a reason why <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2017/11/28/full-list-americas-most-expensive-zip-codes-2017/#10c6fcc95d19">Forbes</a> listed Atherton, Calif., as the ritziest, highest-dollar zip code in the country in 2017.The town is nestled in the state's Silicon Valley, a region famed for its magnitude of tech behemoths like Google and Facebook, meaning that tech workers in the area make some of the highest salaries in the country.And there's a decent chance that one such techie could become the owner of a newly-constructed, 13,014-square-foot residence at <a href="http://www.kw.com/homes-for-sale/94027/CA/ATHERTON/61-Faxon-RD/3yd-MLSLCA-ML81710518.html">61 Faxon Road</a>, shelling out the asking price of $32.5 million. Even by Atherton's standards, the price tag is a hefty one: According to <a href="https://www.redfin.com/city/820/CA/Atherton">Redfin</a>, the median home value for the neighborhood is $6.72 million, five times less than that of the mansion's listed price.<h4>Take a look around.</h4>

This $32.5 million Silicon Valley mansion is the most expensive on-market listing in the country's priciest zip code - take a look inside

<div class="image-container float_right" style="width:480px"><div class="image"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlazarevski/8495086843/sizes/l/in/photolist-dWFxmx-cTqAcS-egFY2D-bFefoF-diuMRp-7WRoUA-dQKPFH-96oE3F-ajXJ9k-9fcrzG-9NsGLg-djb1nb-d9HMFX-aSVJMx-aVspcX-avYHmw-8mbdVT-dVMB9s-drzL4r-dTmpp1-9BifYr-aiotZf-84emvL-7HN5u3-egKGY7-7QPHkN-chFGfG-d6vRxL-961Yh1-e7RErP-djVjAX-82Xk1Z-a2RReD-9nAZ9w-dkosvn/">MLazarevski/Flickr</a></div></div>How do employees know how much they should be making?
Rachel Sklar, founder of Change the Ratio and TheLi.st, said they should simply ask their colleagues about their salaries. And they shouldn't be afraid to do so.
In a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GMg9Nzcgn4&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=16s">video</a> recently published on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LinkedInGetConnected?feature=watch">LinkedIn's Connect Professional Women's Network</a>, Sklar said that the best career advice she ever received was "know your value, know what you're worth, know what kind of money you should be making." 
She advised young professionals to speak up and ask their colleagues how much they're making because "money is the key to autonomy."
"I wish I would've known when starting out how important it is to take care of yourself financially," Sklar said.
Knowing what colleagues make can also be valuable during <keyword id="10876" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="salary">salary</keyword> negotiations. Career sites such as Glassdoor or Payscale will typically provide a pay range, but won't reveal a number for a specific position at a specific company.
As social media continues to play a bigger role in our lives and workplace, the taboo of sharing how much you make might soon be a fast-disappearing act. Millennials, who are comfortable with documenting their lives online, are the pioneers of transparency in the workplace.
<a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2013/04/could-millennials-end-salary-secrecy/64317/">Jen Doll argued in her piece at The Atlantic Wire</a> that "if we all knew each other's salaries, <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/05/how-keeping-salaries-secrets-makes-employees-complicit-wage-inequality/53008/">we would be in better, more informed bargaining positions.</a> If there was wage discrimination of any sort, it would be revealed. And more basically, knowledge is power, right? And so are salaries. Getting paid is a key part of work (this is not just for pleasure, friends). So why are we so afraid to go there in our conversations about working?"
The idea behind keeping salaries secret is that it's an explosive topic that it can <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-you-do-if-you-find-out-your-co-worker-is-making-a-lot-more-money-than-you-2012-3" target="_blank">stir up jealousy or distrust issues</a>. But this might not be a bad thing. Why shouldn't employees look for other jobs if they're getting paid much less, but doing the same — and sometimes more — work than their colleagues? 
Brian Bader, a 20-something former techie with Apple, told <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324345804578426744168583824.html">Lauren Weber and Rachel Emma Silverman at The Wall Street Journal</a> that he ended up leaving his job after realizing — in part due to performance data shared with his team weekly — that he was performing at a much faster rate than many of his colleagues, yet wasn't earning much more.
"It irked me. If I'm doing double the work, why am I not seeing double the pay?" Bader said.
 Some companies are taking note of this move toward transparency.
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/reveal-everyones-salary-at-the-company-2012-10">Dane Atkinson, CEO of SumAll,</a> reveals everyone's salary at his company and calls hiding the salary cap "one of the easiest evils to do in your life."
"You can tell an employee that they have a huge amount of value and options but you don’t tell them the total allocation of the company ... and it hurts somebody else," Atkinson told Business Insider. "For the rest of their <keyword id="6354910" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Careers">careers</keyword>, they have to make a secret of it and they are disgruntled that someone is making more money than them, and have no open way of communicating it."
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/this-company-discloses-everyones-salary-so-that-no-one-freaks-out-2012-6">Namasté Solar is another company</a> that discloses workers' salary packages. Blake Jones, co-founder and CEO of the company, told Business Insider that management has to explain to everyone why someone is getting paid more than someone else.
"Usually, salary is an emotional and sticky situation. In the end, people actually waste more time and energy wondering how much Bob or Jill is making and thinking the worst."
Being well-prepared in a salary <keyword id="406837" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="negotiation">negotiation</keyword> is crucial to young professionals starting out. Unfortunately, not many young people know this at the beginning of their career. So should salary — a pivotal piece of information — continue to be kept a secret? If it is, we should ask why. Is it helping management maintain order throughout the company or used to keep flawed or even discriminatory compensation practices in the dark? 
What do you think? Tell us in the comment section or email us at vgiang@businessinsider.com.
Watch Rachel Sklar's entire video below:

Don't Be Afraid To Ask Your Co-Workers How Much They're Making

<ul><li>Bengaluru-based startup <keyword id="467634" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="verse" source="Orion">Verse</keyword> Innovation has decided to lay off 5% of its workforce or 150 employees to cut costs and streamline operations. </li><li>It also announced pay cuts for 11% of its employees, who are earning ₹10 lakh per annum or more. </li><li>This has happened months after the startup raised $800 million as fresh funding in April this year.</li></ul>VerSe Innovation, the parent company of short video platform Josh and news aggregator Dailyhunt, has become the latest unicorn that has resorted to retrenchments this year, after Byju’s, Udaan and Zomato. The co-founders of the Bengaluru-based startup, Virendra Gupta and Umang Bedi, announced in a town hall meeting that it has decided to lay off 150 employees or 5% of its workforce, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/verse-innovation-layoff-salary-cut/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKe8ojKWqU0ImCcT4s4MwaVYq5ygyPzZhY3aM6nNl-DwFl9s2r0Wagyd6fNEoNL6uXnBiWRFKTSceuX2G_AUKLr7Ny6r8JprFJX9lg5l5mjMGX4l1bWEmEF2pOC0-ZtsbTCCFGWMds38OjymS1_XaoY2qGgAhJ73igSRtCLaYA4B">according to Techcrunch</a>. They also announced an 11% pay cut for the remaining employees who are earning ₹10 lakh per annum or more. “Given the current economic climate, like other businesses, we’ve evaluated our strategic priorities. Considering the long-term viability of the business and our people, we have taken steps to implement our regular bi-annual performance management cycle and made performance and business considerations to streamline our costs and our teams, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/verse-innovation-layoff-salary-cut/">said</a> Umang Bedi, co-founder of VerSe Innovation, in a prepared statement. This move comes months after the startup raised $800 million as fresh funding in April this year, led by CPP Investments. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Sumeru Ventures and Luxor Capital, Sofina Group and Baillie Gifford also participated in the funding round. Bedi further said that the next year will be tough and the measures taken will help the company to sustain in the market. “We have exercised fiscal and employee prudence, and implemented an 11% salary cut for individuals with annual salaries of ₹10 lakh or more,” Bedi added. According to media <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/startup/dailyhunt-and-josh-parent-verse-lays-off-150-staff-announces-company-wide-pay-cuts-9615571.html">reports</a>, the startup’s losses widened to ₹2,563 crore in FY22, even as its operating revenue grew by 46% to ₹965 crore. Backed by <keyword id="6355629" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="google" source="Orion">Google</keyword> and <keyword id="10387" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="microsoft" source="Orion">Microsoft</keyword>, the company became a unicorn after it raised $227 million from Microsoft, Sequoia, Matrix Partners India, Qatar Investment Authority and others in November 2020. Tech majors like Amazon, Meta, Twitter and Salesforce have been cutting jobs leaving thousands of techies jobless, globally. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/icici-bank-launches-digital-lending-solution-ilens-powered-by-tcs/articleshow/95849140.cms" style="">ICICI Bank launches digital lending solution iLens, powered by TCS</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/telecom/news/reliance-jio-users-are-reportedly-unable-to-call-and-send-messages/articleshow/95846445.cms" style="">Reliance Jio users tweet about network issues, unable to call and send messages</a>

Google, Microsoft backed VerSe Innovation sacks 150 employees, cuts pay for employees earning ₹10 lakh or more

Country’s fourth-largest <keyword id="69869" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="software-services">software services</keyword> exporter <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/hcl-beats-estimates-posts-annual-double-digit-revenue-growth/articleshow/56755031.cms">HCL Technologies</a> has gone one step ahead from its peers to hire young talent. While its rivals still depend on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/IIT-placements-Samsung-India-plans-to-hire-over-300-engineers-to-emerge-as-top-recruiter-this-year/articleshow/55890546.cms">campus placements</a> from colleges to get skilled youth on board, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/hcl-to-invest-rs-1000-crore-in-setting-up-development-centers-in-andhra-pradesh/articleshow/57311349.cms">HCL</a> has decided to hire students straight out of high school and provide them training to be <keyword id="6409392" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="IT-professionals">IT professionals</keyword>. 
 
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The starting salary offered to these Class XII science students is Rs 1.8 lakh per annum. Once hired, they will be trained to develop and test apps for the company. 
 
The first of its kind placement drive happened in Madurai recently, where 100 students who passed Class XII were recruited to be directly absorbed in the firm after training for one year on its Coimbatore campus. 
 
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The eligibility criteria set by the company is a minimum of 85% in their board exams (80% for CBSE students). 
 
Those students who want to have a conventional degree would be given an option of pursuing a BSc degree from SSN Engineering College through weekend classes. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Why-HCL-Technologies-is-seeing-growth-when-others-are-not/articleshow/55027016.cms">Why HCL Technologies is seeing growth when others are not</a> 
 
While the first nine months would see these students getting classroom training for learning the basics, next three months would be to acquaint them with a working environment. 
 
As per industry experts, this step could be useful for students who don't have many options in hand or belong to those families that can’t afford an engineering degree. 
 
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From campus to playground! HCL to hire kids straight out of high school

A senior figure from the <keyword id="396996" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-IT-industry">Indian IT industry</keyword> has said that techies working in the industry have good work ethics, are well-paid, and can even find opportunities outside the company that they work for; which is why they don’t need to form employee unions. The noise about these unions being formed always arises whenever there is a bit of a downfall in the IT industry, but nothing concrete has ever been done in this regard, says <keyword id="138760" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="V-Balakrishnan">V Balakrishnan</keyword>, ex-Chief Financial Officer of <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword>. "Work ethic is very good and salaries are high. Even today the attrition rate in the IT industry is double digit. It (talk of employees' unions) always fizzles out after some point of time. It never sustained," he told PTI. "But I think even if there is a union, I don't think it will impact the industry much because IT industry is one of the best paymasters in the country and second, the people find opportunities outside," he added. He added that industries with bad work ethics and grungy treatment towards employees require employee unions. "IT industry is not bad, IT industry people are well taken care of, well-paid, and they find opportunities. Even one of the bad years, this year, where growth rate has come down, the attrition is still double digit." He even added that the reports about extensive job losses in the industry are exaggerated. "If you look at all the leading companies, none of them are talking about huge job losses; they are all talking about the regular performance-based attrition, that is normal in the industry. So, to some extent the scare of job losses is exaggerated," he said. (Image source Huffington Post India)

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