‘Gen AI will not lead to hiring decline’
CNBC TV-18. “The kind of people we hire may also change, but we don’t expect to reduce our hiring," he added. The TCS CEO said that Generative AI is increasing the productivity in the programming experts.
However, doing the design, or the critical thinking required on the planning processes, and creating a superior user experience would not be done away with. “It’s not that the fundamental training will go, but the kind of training you do has to be around critical thinking, strategic planning, or fostering more creativity. Those are the areas where you need to have more skill sets," he said.
TCS has commenced fresher hiring and continues to recalibrate lateral hiring, focussing on utilizing capacity built over the years, he recently said. Staying true to the trend of the broader IT sector, the Mumbai-based IT Services company ended December 2023 with 6,03,305 employees, 5,680 employees lesser from the quarter ended September 2023. On recalling employees back to work from office, Krithivasan said employees working from home missed out on personal collaboration.
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