Infosys will soon make three-day WFO mandatory

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Infosys, India’s second-biggest technology outsourcing company by market value, has called upon employees to work from office at least three days a week and plans to soon make it mandatory after management requests to resume the normal office routine went largely unheeded, ET has learnt.

The directive comes even as Infosys cofounder NR Narayana Murthy has made repeated references on70-hour work weeks to enhance productivity and economic growth.

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In an email from vertical heads, the Bengaluru-based software company said: “Please start coming to office at least 3 days a week. It will become mandatory very shortly.”

Infosys has not responded to ET’s requests for comment.

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Expressing dissatisfaction over a tepid response to multiple return-to-office requests, the email highlighted that the three years of work from home arrangement following the Covid-19 pandemic were long enough. Barring exceptions for medical reasons, employees must start coming to office, it further said.

The management was unhappy with some delivery units (DUs) that were often empty and hence has sought immediate attendance at campuses where it operates offshore development centres (ODCs) for clients. The company has, however, offered to consider, on a case-by-case basis, requests from employees if they have health related issues,” a person aware of the development told ET.

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