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<ul><li>HCL Technologies is rolling our wage increments starting October for junior employees and January next year for senior employees. </li><li>The company also plans to hire aggressively over the next six months at both lateral and fresher levels.</li><li>The Indian IT services behemoth hopes to achieve its target of adding 12,000 freshers to its roster this fiscal, by onboarding 9,000 in the second half.</li></ul>HCL Technologies is set to bring back wage hikes for its employees starting October and plans to hire ‘significantly’ over the next three months — and continue that momentum till March 2021. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="78693542" title="HCL Tech beats guidance — clocks-in 4.5% jump in revenue during second quarter" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> “We expect a large number of recruitments to happen before December,” said HCL’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Apparao VV. “It is much much more than the initial two quarters.” This includes both freshers and lateral hires. Increments have also started rolling out from October 1 for junior-level employees, and will be effective for senior-level employees starting January 1, 2021. “Wages hikes were only deferred by one quarter from the company’s regular increment cycle,” said CEO C Vijayakumar Apparao added that the increments will be in line with what was doled out last year. The average numbers last year were 6% at offshore and 2.5% onsite. HCL wants to hire 12,000 freshers this year By March 2021, <keyword id="141968" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="HCL-Tech">HCL Tech</keyword> plans to have a total of 12,000 freshers on board. This is a step up from last year when the company added around 8,100 freshers overall. In the second quarter, HCL Tech added an overall 2,798 employees to its roster between July and September, of which 1,578 were freshers. “This is lower than what we anticipated because of COVID-19 situation and the low availability of people,” said Apparao. In the first quarter, the number of freshers added was around 1,200. Many students in line with offer letters were not onboarded yet since their final exams were postponed during the lockdown. Nonetheless, it still means there’s still a deficit of around 9,000 freshers before HCL Tech can meet its target. Yesterday, the Forbes fourth annual list of the ‘Forbes best employers’ ranked HCL Tech as the 30th best employer globally in 2020. This puts it among the top multinationals headquartered in India for employees. Vijayakumar lauded the company’s employees for being one of the five primary factors that led to the IT services behemoth’s growth despite the impact of COVID-19.

HCL Tech to hire ‘significantly’ and bring back wage hikes over the next three months — 9,000 new freshers likely to be onboarded by March

<ul><li>Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HCL Technologies and Wipro plan to open up lateral hiring further in the next three months. </li><li>In April to June, the attrition rate — number of employees that continue with the company — have dipped for all four of them. </li><li>Although hiring will not be done to replace them immediately, aside from freshers who already have promises to come onboard, Indian IT companies will be hiring laterally to meet deal requirements.</li></ul>Every major Indian IT tech company decided to go slow on hiring or suspended hiring altogether at end of the last quarter in March. However, despite these assertions, they have continued to bring on lateral hires. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="77082427" title="Why TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Tech can expect better earnings this year ⁠— here’s what’s working for each one of them" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Company </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Lateral hires </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Infosys </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">5,000 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">HCL Tech </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2,000 </td></tr></tbody></table>Source: Company earnings call One of the big reasons is attrition. Attrition rates present the speed at which employees are leaving the organisation. The lower the attrition rate, the fewer employees a company has been able to retain. <div type="image" title="Attrition rates" msid="77046033" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Attrition rates across TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro for the last five quarters&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Lateral hiring continues driven by demand Any freshers on-boarded before the pandemic will continue to come through albeit at a slower rate with training facilities caught in the coronavirus pandemic lurch. Meanwhile, offering any new freshers to come on board isn’t a part of the plan. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="76995155" title="Infosys is still on the fence when it comes to making work from home a permanent change" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> Instead, the companies are looking at lateral hires to fill the gaps where skill is needed to fulfil current deals and projects. Even at Wipro’s chief human resources officer (CHRO) Saurabh Govil claims that lateral hiring never stopped at the company. “We will continue to hire in Q2 based on demand.” “The downward trend in attrition continues. Expected to continue in the next quarter as well,” said HCL Technologies chief human resources officer (CHRO) Apparao VV. “Attrition has significantly come down but we will not be hiring significant numbers for immediate replacement,” he added. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) didn’t hire in Q1FY21 but filled in over 4,500 positions by reskilling, cross-skilling and multiskilling the company’s existing employees. CEO Rajesh Gopinathan claims that learning intensity at the company has increased by nearly 25% between April to June. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="76887172" title="TCS to kickstart lateral hiring and bring back 5% of its employees to offices" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The company is now revising its freeze on lateral hiring to meet the demand environment. “We decided to open up on the lateral hiring side and have started onboarding new associates into the TCS ecosystem,” said Gopinathan. Indian IT services companies — like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies — has been launching new initiatives for their staff. Infosys, for instance, increased the variable pay for their staffers in the first quarter of 2020-21. TCS, on the other hand, rejigged their learning module to promote employees already within the organisation. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/tcs-infosys-wipro-and-tech-mahindra-what-to-expect-from-earnings/articleshow/76865753.cms">TCS and Infosys to face least impact — Indian IT companies likely to report sharp decline in revenue during first quarter</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/infosys-work-from-home-not-permanent-says-coo-pravin-rao/articleshow/76995155.cms">Infosys is still on the fence when it comes to making work from home a permanent change</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/h1-b-visa-impact-on-tcs-hcl-tech-infosys-wipro-and-cognizant-after-december-2020/articleshow/76681640.cms">Two ways the H1-B visa freeze could change things for TCS, HCL Tech, Infosys and other Indian IT companies</a>

TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech and Wipro open up lateral hiring as more people walk out the door during the COVID-19 pandemic

<ul><li><keyword id="6357585" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="tata-consultancy-services">Tata Consultancy Services</keyword> (TCS), <keyword id="30331" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="HCL-Technologies">HCL Technologies</keyword>, and other Indian IT behemoths plan to onboard more freshers than lateral hires over the next six months. </li><li>With attrition rates at an all-time low, there is less need to replace the loss of workforce, explained HCL Technologies’ CHRO VV Apparao.</li><li>TCS is looking beyond India’s border and plans to hire another 10,000 employees in the US amid H-1B visa ban issues.</li></ul>Freshers have a better shot at getting hired at one of the big-wig Indian IT companies in the second half of the year than those looking for a job change. The churn of employees at Indian IT companies is settling down as the likes of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), <keyword id="6354512" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword>, HCL Technologies, <keyword id="10862" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Wipro">Wipro</keyword>, and Tech Mahindra are witnessing some of the lowest attrition rates that they’ve seen in a while. “A large amount of lateral hiring happens because of attrition replacement. If I’m losing 20 people, I have to hire 20 people. To that extent, lateral hiring will come down,” HCL Tech CHRO Apparao VV told Business Insider. The company’s attrition rate was 12.2% this quarter — the lowest it has been in at least the last two years. <div type="image" title="attrition rates it companies" msid="79014772" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Attrition rate at India&amp;#39;s IT companies over the last six quarters&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Indian IT companies are on the hunt for freshers HCL Tech plans to onboard another 9,000 freshers before March 31, bringing the total of new hires to 12,000 in the current fiscal year. But, it is yet to make up its mind about the coming year. “We have not yet finalised. We’re doing a bottom-up exercise where we ask each of the businesses, what is the growth they see. Part of it will be based on form booking and a part of it will be based on anticipation — past number. But it won’t be less than 10,000,” said Apparao. <div type="image" title="it companies headcount" msid="79014798" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Net loss of employees in Q1 compared to net addition in Q2&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Infosys, which already onboarded close to 16,000 freshers this year, is planning on recruiting another 15,000 for the next year. With attrition at an all-time low of 8.9%, India’s biggest IT firm TCS too has been focused on onboarding freshers since July. “We started onboarding freshers and increased our recruitment globally in Q2 in anticipation of the growth trajectory,” said TCS CHRO, Milind Lakkad, during the second-quarter earnings call. The company is looking to onboard 10,000 employees over the next year in the US amid the uncertainty around H-1B visa regulations. Over the last five years, TCS has hired around 21,500 employees in the country in its efforts to localise. Wipro, which recently saw a change in leadership with Thierry Delaporte at the helm, did not disclose any exact numbers but does have ‘robust’ hiring plans for the second half of the current fiscal. “Very robust hiring this quarter, both laterally and campuses. We continue to see the same momentum going forward,” said the company’s CHRO Saurabh Govil during the second-quarter earnings call. He added that given the company’s current growth momentum, hiring — laterally and via campuses — is an important part of managing that growth. This includes hiring across geographies, including India and in the new business areas, especially cloud and cybersecurity, where the demand lies. India’s IT sector is among the first to recover from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Hiring freshers, rather than laterally, allows companies to pick up talent that’s relatively cheaper. It’s also easier to train fresh minds in-house for specific skills, especially because they are in short supply in the market. 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TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech, and others to see more freshers than lateral hires in the next six months

To enhance military cooperation, <keyword id="8669324" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-army-vice-chief">Indian Army Vice Chief</keyword> Lieutenant General SK Saini will visit the United States for three days where he is to meet counterparts. "The aim of the visit is to enhance military cooperation between both the armies," the Indian Army stated. The visit is planned from October 17 to October 20. The Army Vice Chief will visit the <keyword id="10118289" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="us-army-pacific-command">US Army Pacific Command</keyword> (USARPRAC), the Army component of Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), and exchange ideas extensively with the military leadership apart from witnessing training and equipment capabilities of <keyword id="57857" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-army">US Army</keyword>. Later, he will also visit INDOPACOM where aspects of military cooperation and furthering military to military engagement including procurements, training in niche domains, joint exercises and capability building will be discussed. The visit will further enhance the operational and strategic level collaboration between both armies, which is emphasised by the fact India is participating in two joint exercises with the US despite Covid-19 restrictions. The joint exercises include Yudh Abhyas, scheduled in February 2021 and Vajra Prahar, which is planned for March, 2021. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/hcl-to-hire-more-jobs-and-increase-wages-over-next-three-months-9000-more-freshers-to-be-onboarded-by-march/articleshow/78696285.cms">HCL Tech to hire ‘significantly’ and bring back wage hikes over the next three months — 9,000 new freshers likely to be onboarded by March</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/hcl-tech-beats-guidance-clocks-in-4-5-jump-in-revenue-during-second-quarter/articleshow/78693542.cms">HCL Tech beats guidance — clocks-in 4.5% jump in revenue during second quarter</a>

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<ul><li>IT major <keyword id="30331" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="HCL-Technologies">HCL Technologies</keyword> is expanding its operations in Nagpur. It is expected to create over 8,000 jobs. </li><li>The company said that it has signed a pact with <keyword id="170944" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra-Airport-Development-Company">Maharashtra Airport Development Company</keyword> (MADC). </li><li>Recently, it also started its work-integrated programme ‘Tech Bee’ for highschool pass outs, including freshers.</li></ul>IT major HCL Technologies is expanding its operations in Nagpur and the campus is expected to create over 8,000 jobs. The company signed a pact with Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC). This will help the company expand its MIHAN campus in Nagpur to 90 acres of land. Currently, the campus is spread across 50 acres of land with an employee base of 800 working professionals, PTI <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/hcl-tech-inks-pact-with-maharashtra-airport-development-co-to-create-8000-jobs/articleshow/70738153.cms?UTM_Source=Google_Newsstand&amp;UTM_Campaign=RSS_Feed&amp;UTM_Medium=Referral">said. </a> The Nagpur campus which started in April 2018, caters to the areas such as application development, product engineering, BPO, and IT services management among others. The move is expected to benefit local youth in the city. "Our sector has contributed immensely to help India make its mark on the world map...This expansion of the HCL campus in Nagpur will provide many opportunities to local talent and promote growth and development in the city," <keyword id="26680" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitin-gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</keyword>, Minister for Road Transport and Highways said. “Nagpur has the potential to become a major investment destination,” he added. The IT company has been on a hiring spree over the past few months. It also started its work-integrated programme Tech Bee for highschool pass outs, including freshers without an engineering background — targeted to create a deployment-ready talent pool. The company has hired nearly 500 freshers with a stipend of ₹10,000 per month after it launched its training programme. HCL earlier notified that it is <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/hcl-looking-to-hire-over-10000-freshers/articleshow/69957991.cms">hiring nearly 10,000 freshers</a> in 2019-20. Of this, 3,000 candidates will be hired in Noida — including nearly 1,000 highschool passouts. Work-integrated programmes train freshers in technical skills including coding, software skills, and R&amp;D. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/highschool-passouts-will-be-now-groomed-for-it-jobs-in-india/articleshow/69592019.cms">Highschool passouts will be now groomed for IT jobs</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hcl-technologies-is-hiring-10000-freshers-including-class-12th-passouts/articleshow/69971601.cms">HCL Technologies is hiring 10,000 freshers — including highschool passouts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/skill-india-mission-employment-rate-is-too-low/articleshow/70459576.cms">Only one in five people trained under government's Skill India Mission found jobs</a>

HCL Technologies is expanding its Nagpur campus to create 8,000 jobs

<ul><li>HCL Technologies has launched a work-integrated program ‘Tech Bee’ to create a deployment ready talent pool. </li><li>The 12-month program will groom students in life skills and technical skills including software testing and development. </li><li>The training program will include a monthly stipend of ₹10,000 and technical degree from India’s premier institutions.</li></ul>Technology sector will no more remain a bastion ruled by engineers and engineers only. It is also opening doors to younger, less-educated students who are mere highschoolers, who will be trained for entry-level jobs. To this effect, HCL Technologies rolled out an work-integrated early career program — ‘Tech Bee’ — in a bid to create a deployment-ready talent pool. The 12-month program will cater to the younger generation and help them fetch a job in the IT sector. “With this program, HCL aims to hire the best talent and enable them to achieve financial independence at the start of their career. Students also earn a degree from leading universities that HCL has partnered with as part of this program,” said Sanjay Gupta, Executive Vice President, HCL Technologies &amp; Program Director – HCL New Vistas. After-school Students who end their education right after Std XII have few opportunities to seek employment. Only limited government jobs are available to such dropouts, with the exception of a few-corporate driven programs that induct them into auto and manufacturing sectors. HCL’s program however will offer IT engineering jobs to the high school graduates — who clear the 12th grade — after grooming them in software tools, life skills and software testing. This initiative is a part of the government’s Skill India program. The students who undergo their training process will be awarded a technical degree from BITS Pilani and SASTRA University. The blended training program will include on-the-job training and classroom training, with an early stipend of ₹10,000 every month. The company initiated the program in 2017, and has enrolled 500 students. The eligibility To be able to <a href="https://www.hcltechbees.com/enroll-form/">enroll into the </a>initiative, high school students should have a minimum 60% marks in Std, XII, with mathematics as a part of their curriculum. They will have to pass an entrance test — which will be conducted across the HCL offices until July. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/mukesh-ambani-led-reliance-jio-cuts-contractual-staff/articleshow/69576896.cms">India’s telecom giant Reliance Jio cuts contractual staff</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/hiring-tcs-infosys-wipro-and-others-up-12-months-in-a-row/articleshow/69019342.cms">Hiring by Indian IT companies has grown 12 months in a row, up over three-fold</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/wipro-is-hiring-for-technical-sales-profile-for-australia-the-us-and-the-middle-east/articleshow/69247073.cms">Indian IT major Wipro is hiring ‘new blood’ to expand its sales workforce across geographies</a>

Highschool passouts will be now groomed for IT jobs

<ul><li><keyword id="30331" type="DOMAIN" weightage="20" keywordseo="HCL-Technologies">HCL Technologies</keyword> is planning to strengthen its entry-level talent pool by hiring nearly 10,000 freshers from across the country. </li><li>Nearly 3,000 candidates will be hired in Noida — including nearly 1,000 highschool passouts. </li><li>IBM also launched its ‘New Collar’ career initiative to train applicants in digital skills.</li></ul>HCL Technologies is planning to strengthen its entry-level talent pool by <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/hcl-looking-to-hire-over-10000-freshers/articleshow/69957991.cms">hiring nearly 10,000 freshers</a> in 2019-20, according to an ET report. Of this, 3,000 candidates will be hired in Noida — including nearly 1,000 highschool passouts. The IT major is looking to deploy highschool passouts, fresh graduates and postgraduates — including freshers without an engineering background. The company had recently launched a year long work-integrated program to train entry-level hires called — <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/highschool-passouts-will-be-now-groomed-for-it-jobs-in-india/articleshow/69592019.cms">Tech Bee</a> — along with a stipend amount. Highschool passouts will have to clear an entrance test and undergo a paid training program for entry-level roles. “We are charging a nominal fee for the training to ensure that there is 100% commitment and accountability on the part of candidates,” Sanjay Gupta, Executive Vice-President, HCL Technologies told ET. The company has hired nearly 500 freshers on an early stipend of ₹10,000 per month after it launched its training programme. Work-integrated programmes train freshers in technical skills including coding, software skills, and R&amp;D. IBM also launched its ‘New Collar’ career initiative on similar lines, which does not require college certification, <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/trend-tracking/for-many-entry-level-jobs-tech-companies-are-hiring-teens/articleshow/69951607.cms">TOI reported</a>. The programme trains applicants in digital technologies like artificial intelligence , machine learning and big data tools. The IT industry laid-off nearly 56,000 in 2017, as automation took over India’s job market. Digitisation is expected to replace nearly 75 million jobs by 2022, according to the data by<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/wipro-is-hiring-for-technical-sales-profile-for-australia-the-us-and-the-middle-east/articleshow/69247073.cms"> World Economic Forum</a>. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/highschool-passouts-will-be-now-groomed-for-it-jobs-in-india/articleshow/69592019.cms">Highschool passouts will be now groomed for IT jobs</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/wipro-is-hiring-for-technical-sales-profile-for-australia-the-us-and-the-middle-east/articleshow/69247073.cms">Indian IT major Wipro is hiring ‘new blood’ to expand its sales workforce across geographies</a>

HCL Technologies is hiring 10,000 freshers — including highschool passouts

<ul><li>Infosys is still undecided whether work-from-home will be productive than work from office in the long run. </li><li>Its peers, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL Technologies, have been more aggressive in their plans to work-from-home a permanent feature wherever possible. </li><li>Infosys COO Pravin Rao feels there are still a lot of questions around the work-from-home model. </li></ul>The coronavirus pandemic has forced most companies, including Indian IT services giants, to shut down offices and allow employees to work from home. While companies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL Technologies have announced long-term strategies to make work-from-home a part of their operating model, Infosys still isn’t completely sold on the idea. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="76980089" title="Infosys gives annual guidance of up to 2% growth this year as profit plummets by 4.8% and revenue dips 2% in Q1" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> “There are a lot of unanswered questions and a lot of things that we have to learn from work from home. And, many of them will have some bearing on productivity,” said Infosys’ chief operating officer (COO) Pravin Rao during Wednesday’s earnings call. “Our sense is that while it has held good, it's too early to conclude whether work from home will always be more productive than work from office,” he added. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Company </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Employees working from home </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Infosys </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">93%</td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">TCS </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">90% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">HCL Technologies </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">96% </td></tr></tbody></table> TCS and HCL technologies roll out work from home as a permanent change During the first quarter, TCS announced its 25/25 operating model where only 25% of its employees would have to be in the office for only 25% of their time by 2025. “It’s about time. Our current operating model is currently a 20-year old legacy. In some ways, this crisis actually leapfrogs us into a new model,” said CEO Rajesh Gopinathan during the fourth-quarter earnings call three months ago. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75243124" title="TCS CEO says the business model is 20 years old — hinting that it may be time to go employee-lite" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> “We don’t believe that we need more than 25% of our workforce at our facilities in order to be 100% productive,” added TCS’ chief executive officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam. HCL Technologies too unveiled its plans to keep 50% of its employees working from home even after the lockdown ended. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75593968" title="HCL Tech follows TCS and Infosys' lead — says 50% of its employees will work from home even after the lockdown is lifted" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> However, like Infosys, HCL Technologies plans on covers the net 12-18 months. “It’s going to take some time to see what the long-term operating model will be,” said HCL Technologies’ CEO Vijayakumar. The IT services giants may not agree on whether work-from-home should be permanent or not but they all agree that it has brought costs down and widened margins. The absence of transportation costs and reimbursements has helped companies save money during the lockdown. Rao added that Infosys has hired 5,000 employees in the last quarter through lateral hiring. “There is a general freeze on hiring, overall we will continue to look for talent in niche areas. In Q1 itself 4,000+ lateral hiring. The trend will continue going forward as well based on the needs,” he said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/infosys-company-profit-is-down-4-8-and-revenue-has-dipped-by-2-in-q1fy21/articleshow/76980089.cms">Infosys gives annual guidance of up to 2% growth this year as profit plummets by 4.8% and revenue dips 2% in Q1</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/tcs-hiring-again-with-5-employees-to-return-to-offices/articleshow/76887172.cms">TCS to kickstart lateral hiring and bring back 5% of its employees to offices</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/tcs-infosys-wipro-and-tech-mahindra-what-to-expect-from-earnings/articleshow/76865753.cms">TCS and Infosys to face least impact — Indian IT companies likely to report sharp decline in revenue during first quarter</a>

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