Infosys Considering Permanent Work From Home For 30% Or More Employees 

In what could be considered as a game changing move if it becomes a reality, Infosys is considering the idea to permanently let about one third of its employees to work from home.  Infosys is considered as one of the leading companies in the software and Information Technology (IT) sector in India, as well as the world.  This Indian IT giant is always at the forefront of innovation and setting new market trends for others to follow.

Many companies and organizations across the globe and India have been forced to shift to a remote working model due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The decision to work remotely is because the virus is highly contagious and can spread very quickly.  Infosys might become one of the first companies to consider a plan for transitioning a large part of its employees into remote work, permanently.  

In an interview with a popular business news daily, Infosys’s Head of Human Resources and Executive Vice President, Richard Lobo said “Once things are normal, over a period of time, probably 50 per cent of employees will come to office and the rest will work from home.   Moving on, 66 per cent will be in office but 33 per cent will work permanently from home (sic.)”  This translates to roughly 80,000 employees out of its total workforce  of 2,42,371 employees.  As offices are opening up gradually, Infosys has currently about 5 percent of its workforce going to offices in India while the rest are working from home.  Commenting on the plan of action for the next few months Lobo said “we can’t predict the course of the pandemic but if it is following the path that it is, for most countries and if everything goes well, a third of total employees will come back to office (sic.)”

However, Infosys is not the only company mulling over transitioning into permanent work from home model.  Another Indian IT giant, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced a whopping 75% of its 4,48,000 employees globally would be working from home by 2025.  

Let us know if you think the work from home model will be adapted by various other companies in the future post COVID-19!