IT Employees

Productivity improves in terms of revenue per employee

Amid the growing debate on moonlighting, a new report has revealed that 43 per cent of employees in the Indian IT sector find moonlighting favourable

A meeting was called by the officials of the labour department on October 25, but the company did not appear for meeting

The firm's office will remain open for four days each week

Several companies, the report claims, have introduced higher variable pay and employee engagement budgets while cutting down the internet allowance to make employees return to the office

Only 9% of managers say hybrid work model gives them confidence that employees are productive

So far, more than 90 per cent of TCS employees have received the variable payout, according to the largest software exporter in India.

Some of the sectors which have been included in the survey are- financial services, banking, and technology, media and gaming

IT company Wipro has held back variable pay of employees mainly due to pressure on margins, inefficiency in its talent supply chain and investment in technology, according to sources

TMSEp200: Single-use plastic, IT workers, Nilesh Shah, twin deficit problem

Will Frooti packs go off the shelves? Can an IT employee be classified as a workman? What is Nilesh Shah's take on investors' approach to markets? What is a twin deficit problem? All answers here

Can an IT sector employee be classified as a workman?

A labour court in Chennai recently asked TCS to reinstate a former employee and clear all his past dues. This could become a reference for performance-related unlawful terminations in the IT industry

Will 20% hikes and higher fresher pay be the new norm in IT sector?

Amid the race to hire and retain talents, several IT companies are outdoing each other in doling out attractive packages and bonuses. Will such hikes become the new norms? Find out in this report

What is attracting IT giants to smaller cities?

Tech companies are venturing into smaller cities in search of talents. And they are finding many in cities like Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow and Jaipur. What are the reasons for this trend?

In order to retain talent, companies announced several measures like salary hikes, stock options, promotions, long-term incentives, higher skill increments, and upskilling/reskilling training

The industry added 450,000 new hires in FY22, the highest ever taking the total direct employee base of the industry to 5 million.

Big 5 will collectively induct at least 160,000 employees

TCS, the largest IT services player, has told all its employees to be back at their deputed locations by November 15

Maharashtra is mulling to create 'nodal centres' on the lines of co-working spaces in smaller cities and towns, from where software professionals can work for their respective companies

India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday said it has added over 7,000 employees in the UK, including 1,800 trainees over the past five years.

IT major Wipro on Wednesday said it expects to have access to about one lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines for its employees and their families, beginning early June. The Bengaluru-based company said it has partnered with top-tier hospitals and a tech-enabled online-to-offline delivery platform - which specialises in primary care and urgent response services - to provide COVID-19 vaccination support to its India-based employees. "As part of this partnership, beginning early June, subject to availability, Wipro expects to have access to a total of 1,00,000 doses of three vaccines Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V -- as the first tranche for the exclusive use of our employees and their dependents (spouse and children)," Wipro said in a statement. The objective is to ensure vaccination for all its employees at the earliest, it added. "Given the severity of the second wave of the pandemic, the importance of vaccination cannot be emphasised enough...Vaccination services will be provided f