Cost to Company

Reverse reference checks. Combative questions during interviews. And employees on why it isn’t the employer’s market yet. With layoffs and recession fears, you would imagine employees are settling for less. You would imagine they are taking up a job, any job, to evade unemployment. Instead, they are making decisions about their next move in the most deliberate and calibrated manner. On today's episode, we will talk about employees striving to take back the position that matters most in their careers: the driver’s seat.

Recommended listen: The rise and rise of discreet reference checks

This episode was written, hosted, and produced by Akshaya Chandrasekaran and engineered by Rajiv CN.

Cost to Company is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscribers-only business news platform.

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What is Cost to Company?

Hear how your workplace is changing. Before you hear it on Slack.

In this new weekly podcast, get answers to the biggest questions about how modern Indian workplaces are changing, often even before they become popular questions to ask. Sneha Vakharia, Shreevar Chhotaria, and Akshaya Chandrasekaran, take turns week by week with a fresh new story, fresh new voices, and a fresh take on the Indian workplace