Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro have announced to allow up to 99 per cent of their staff to work from home rest of the year, while HCL is reportedly considering getting nearly 20 per cent of its employees back on work premises on a rotational basis by December end. Tech Mahindra mentioned that about one-fourth of the company’s employees are already back in their offices across multiple locations.
Amazon last week allowed its corporate staff to WFH through June 2021. Earlier, Alphabet Inc.’s Google had announced that its employees would WFH until July 2021. Plus, Facebook, Twitter and others are among the technology firms that have allowed some employees to move to remote work permanently if they choose.
HCL is reportedly operating with about 6 per cent of its staff in the office. Apparao VV, chief human resource officer at HCL Tech, said that by December, the company plans to increase the number up to 20 per cent, but will not surpass 30 per cent in the future unless the coronavirus pandemic ends.
CP Gurnani, CEO of Tech Mahindra, said about 25-30 per cent of its staff were back at the workplace at several locations. The company is monitoring the number of cases and uses its app Mhealthy to observe the health of its staff. Gurnani is of the view about 30 per cent of the workforce to permanently WFH, the Economic Times reported.
Wipro stated that a decision on bringing back more staff in offices will depend on the coronavirus pandemic situation and customer requirements. Around 97 per cent of TCS employees are working from home, and the company is comfortable with its Secure Borderless Workspaces (SBWS) model and does not have a forecast at present.
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