Infosys’ flexi stance helps staffers avail more remote work options

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Infosys, has taken a softer and more flexible approach when it comes to returning to the “work from office” mode after the pandemic.

Employees at the Bengaluru-based company have leveraged more remote working options in FY24 than in FY23, shows its ESG (environmental, social, and governance) report that ET has seen. This comes at a time when other tech companies are bringing in stricter mandates for employees to work from office.

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In FY24, about 84% of Infosys employees leveraged remote working options, compared with 75% in FY23. The figure was 97% in fiscal 2022, when the world was gripped by the Covid pandemic.

Questions mailed to Infosys didn’t elicit any response till the time of going to press Wednesday.


The IT major has also set itself a target of delivering 33% of its work by leveraging flexible/remote work options by 2030, the report said.

“With many employees preferring to work out of their base locations in tier-2 and -3 cities following the Covid-19 pandemic, Infosys made a strategic decision to open offices in tier-2 cities to help them work locally. This strategy is expected to have a two-fold impact: It can boost the local ecosystem and reduce construction in the big cities, thereby reducing pollution and water stress. In line with this