Infosys asks staff to work from office 10 days a month
work from home policy, Infosys has started calling back its employees to work from office for a minimum of ten days in a month, the software exporter's select employees at the entry to mid-level positions have been informed.
«As we move to strengthen our return to office (RTO) approach and hybrid work model, I urge you to work from office for a minimum of 10 days in the month, starting Nov 20, 2023,» read an email sent by one of the vice presidents to employees in the band 5 and 6 in select verticals. ET has reviewed the email.
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Band 5 and 6 include mid-level managers and project heads and entry level employees, respectively. Early this month, ET reported that Wipro, Capgemini and LTIMindtree have begun nudging employees to be in office on all or at least 50% of the working days in a week. In September, IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) informally started asking its workforce to visit office five days a week. Infosys being the second largest IT firm in India, the new move could further end the flexibility of working from home in the country's tech sector that started in the Covid-19 pandemic era.
The email comes at a time when the $245 billion IT industry is staring at a washout year as the growth in the ongoing fiscal
