Work from office helps with better team building and learning, says TCS CEO K Krithivasan

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office environment as among the reasons while speaking at the Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum. Krithivasan said that while video conferencing tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams are efficient, they overlook the essential informal conversations or chitchat that occurs in the office. He added that TCS had missed the collaboration and camaraderie among associates working remotely, especially those who joined in the last two to three years and have not yet visited the office.

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Around 30-40 percent of our associates joined in the past two to three years, and for the first two years, they have not even come to the office. If they don’t come to office what is the value that they will stand for," he asked. The CEO also felt that crucial learning experiences for employees, such as observing how seniors handle client situations, cannot be adequately taught through other forms of training, adding that the majority of TCS customers prefer employees to work from the office.