Infosys CEO Salil Parekh has said that some clients have been demanding that their projects be handled from the office.
Company policy
This is despite the company offering flexibility in terms of remote work options.
However, it has ended work from home for employees in its US and Canada offices, mandating a five-day office workweek.
During the company’s recent annual general meeting (AGM), a shareholder brought up the future of remote work at Infosys.
Client demand
Since certain clients require employees to work from the office, there are teams and employees working on-site within the campus.
“We have a flexible approach for employees. We are making sure that the employees have the ability to work from home or work hybrid.
In some cases where clients are requiring it. We have employees and teams that are working within the campus,” Parekh was quoted as saying.
Broader vision
Parekh then spoke of the importance of social capital and the need for people to connect with each other to facilitate new initiatives and training.
“On a long term basis, we see a mix of where people will work, where there will be a need for increased social capital to connect with people to work with teams to do a new work,” Parekh said.
CFO Nilanjan Roy shared Parekh’s.
He said, “We encourage people to come to work a few days and we believe that increases our social capital. I think a big portion of this depends upon our client requirements and if clients insist, then employees come in to work.”
US and Canada offices
The company has ended work from home for employees in its US and Canada offices.
They have been asked to work from office five days a week.
If they want to work remotely, they will have to take special permission or risk disciplinary action.
This work policy, however, is not applicable to the company’s India offices.
Three-phase plan
Last year, Infosys implemented a three-phase plan in India to transition from remote work to office work.
In the first phase, employees were allowed to come to office twice a week as they wanted.
In the second phase, employees had the option to either relocate to a different branch or request a transfer.
In the third phase, Infosys developed a hybrid-work policy based on feedback from previous stages.
