pune data from top listed and nonlisted firms from pune show that most of these companies were net hirers in fy20 of the 20top firms 14 were net hirers while six shed jobs for most companies the data is taken till march 2020 however where available the data has been taken till july 2020 among the top hirers were leading financial entities like bajaj finance which added over 6800 employees in fy20 new age it firms and unicorns of pune have also been on a hiring spree contract management software unicorn of pune icertis hired over 300 employees in the first six months of 2020 and might add another 200 new jobs by 2020endpersistent systems the mostvalued listed it firm headquarted in pune added about 650 new jobs in fy20 zensar technologies on the other hand shed over 1100 jobs according to its annual report other firms that shed jobs include thermax ltd 509 bank of maharashtra 381 and cummins india 285 for manufacturing firms the analysis mostly includes only the permanent jobs automaker bajaj autos annual filing showed that it added close to 200 jobs in the financial year before the pandemic became a fullblown crisis according to hr executives the nature of jobs is changing in a recent skill expectation interaction organised by the mccias web meeting an hr executive said people must now move towards income security compared to job security those days of finding permanent jobs are overaccording to another hr representative people might now endup working for more than one employer the covid19 pandemic might drastically alter hiring patterns it can also be that existing workforce might be forced to work for shorter durations in a year he said however according to labour experts a twoway contract makes employees very vulnerable shortterm contracts or fixedterm employment might be here to stay for a while however employees must not receive a shortend of the stick there should be reasonable payouts in case of retrenchments only a national law adopted by states and strict implementation can help that cause said a labour leader