IT companies push employees to return to office five days in a week

Work from Office: IT majors Wipro, Capgemini, LTIMindtree have begun nudging their employees to work from office on all or at least 50% of the working days in a week, reported Economic Times. As per the report, this push to return to office is being implemented by IT/BPM and some technology companies across the country through verbal and informal communication channels. This comes as the industry is facing client demand crunch due to the global macroeconomic crisis which is squeezing tech spending. Also Read: TCS abandons hybrid work, mandates full office attendance from October 1 IT Companies' Mandate As per Economic Times, several companies in Bengaluru and Pune have also issued similar mandates to their employees. Among them are the Indian units of Sweden-based Ericsson and US-headquartered Fiserv. Both multinationals have asked their employees to work from office (WFO) at least three and five days a week, respectively, starting from October/November, the report further said. While Ericsson has mandated a 50-50 split, Capgemini's employees in India are required to attend the office thrice a week. As per Economic Times, the firm’s senior management has now requested its managers to send “feelers” on getting their team members back to attending office for all working days. Capgemini's CEO has also told the publication that the company will be taking into account the personal situations of employees and will not be “abrupt” in pushing them to return to office. This move by the IT majors come three years after setting up the hybrid work owing to the covid-19 pandemic. TCS Ends WFH Earlier, TCS has announced that it is discontinuing hybrid working system and mandated all the employees to come to the office for five days a week, starting from October 1, 2023. In its FY23 annual report, TCS emphasized the importance of employees returning to the office. The report noted that more than half of the company's workforce was hired after March 2020, and these newer employees benefit significantly from physical interactions with senior colleagues and leaders to assimilate and learn from their behavior and ways of thinking.