Infosys asks employees to work from office at least thrice a week; other tech cos that made WFO mandatory | Companies News
Infosys mandates 3-day work from office
New Delhi: Infosys is soon expected to issue an order that calls for employees to work from the office at least three days a week. The IT major is coming up with this rule after several employees failed to adher to the directive of the management to restore regular office routines.
The Economic Times reported that Infosys vertical heads sent emails to the employees asking them to start coming to office at least three days a week. The IT company is expected to soon make the three-day rule mandatory.
The company’s directive comes after Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy advocated for a 70-hour work week to improve productivity and economic growth in the country.
Murthy has said that India’s present work productivity is among the lowest in the world and if it “has to compete with China, or like Japan and Germany did after World War II, the India’s youngsters must put in extra hours of work”.
Wipro work from home office rule
In November 2023, Wipro made it mandatory for its employees to work from office three days a week. The new rule came into effect from 15 November. Wipro is the fourth largest software company in India.
Wipro has reportedly warned of taking serious action against the employees not attending office for three days a week. The company is expected to take action from the first week of January.
TCS ends WFH
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest software company, asked some of its employees to return to work on all days of the week in October 2023.
In September 2022, the leading IT company had asked its employees to attend office three days a week and mandated that they adhere to a roster.
Later, TCS management asked most of the employees to return to the office five days a week and also adher to its dress code while working from the office.
HCLTech, another IT major, also followed the pack and asked its employees to be in the office for at least three days a week.