Yahoo!, Google still hiring in India

New York, May 20 (PTI) Global majors like Microsoft,
Yahoo! and Google may have decided to trim their workforce
worldwide to cope with the economic turmoil, but these
entities do have openings in India.

Interestingly, the companies are cutting jobs in India
too, even as they have hiring plans in the country.

For instance, software giant Microsoft recently said it
would create employment opportunities in tune with the growth
of the Indian economy.

The announcement came from its Chief Executive Officer
Steve Ballmer amid the firm proceeding with 5,000 job cuts
worldwide, including 55 employees in India. The workforce
reduction in the country would be completed in the next 18
months.

Few months ago, search engine giant Google unveiled plans
of trimming as many as 200 jobs in sales and marketing
operations worldwide. Nonetheless, the firm is hiring for
about 20 positions in engineering operations, finance and
software engineering, among others.

Internet entity Yahoo! too would be slashing its employee
strength as part of its efforts to bring down costs. At the
same time, the company has over 100 vacancies in India,
according to its website.

Steve Ballmer noted that Microsoft would continue to
hire and create employment opportunities in line with the
recovery and growth of the Indian economy.

"We had said that we would lay off about 5,000 people. We
are still filling other jobs. We are mostly through that
process globally and there is still some work to do.

"... There are areas where we are continuing to add
people. As I said, these are global additions, so it is a
little hard to separate our work globally from our work in
India," he said.

Yahoo! recently said in a statement it would be cutting
as many as 700 jobs, representing nearly five per cent of its
worldwide headcount, and has given pink slips to around 60
employees at its R&D centre in Bangalore, India.

Still it is hiring for over 100 positions in the country.
This month alone the company posted an offering of 10
vacancies, according to information available with Yahoo's
website.

According to its website, Google has over 20 job openings
in different areas such as advertising sales and enterprise,
engineering operations, finance, human resources and software
engineering.

India, which is one of the largest locations for Google
outside the US, has different positions at its offices in
Hyderabad, Bangalore and Gurgaon.

Meanwhile, in a sign that financial crisis is hitting the
search engine giant also, Google would be reducing its
headcount by 200 employees. PTI SP
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