IT companies nudge staff to work from office all five days
Wipro, Capgemini and LTIMindtree are among the leading IT companies in India that have begun nudging employees to be in office on all or at least 50% of the working days in a week, according to sources, in what could signal the end of the work-from-home era in the country’s tech sector.
This push to return to office is being implemented by IT/BPM and some technology companies across the country through verbal and informal communication channels, the people cited earlier said, as the industry faces a client demand crunch due to the global macroeconomic crisis which is squeezing tech spending.
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Multiple companies in the country’s main IT hubs of Pune and Bengaluru have also issued similar mandates to their employees, according to sources.
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Among them are the Indian units of Sweden-based Ericsson and US-headquartered Fiserv. Both multinationals have asked their employees to work from office (WFO) at least three and five days a week, respectively, starting from October/November, according to multiple sources.
Ericsson has mandated a “50-50 split”, as per its hybrid model wherein “employees are expected to be 50% in office over a week or month, in
