In Karnataka, Cognizant also has operations in Bengaluru and Mysuru. The company has more than 28,000 professionals in Bengaluru and nearly 700 professionals in Mysuru.
D'Souza was the last of the three Indian and Indian origin co-founders of the firm that initially started as a captive unit of Dun & Bradstreet in 1994 through a JV with Satyam Computers
100 per cent of Cognizant's focus is now on clients, added the CEO of the IT firm
Firm projected to grow 2-4% as exit from content business hits top line
The company also appointed Vinita Bali, former managing director and chief executive officer of Britannia Industries, as a new independent director, effective February 24, 2020
Currently at Sam's Club, Schmitt oversees the employee experience and career development of 100,000 associates across nearly 600 locations
Besides increasing their fresher's intake, IT giants are also aggressively localising their workforce in the US, from where they draw at least 65 per cent of total revenue
AIFITE and UNITE, the organisations that offer support to IT employees, in their letters urged the government to take steps against the alleged mass retrenchment by various IT companies
Company cites performance issues and client feedback as reasons for the termination
As hiring in US rises, with resulting cost pressure, these staffers in India are at risk; advent of digital tech another reason
India CMD Ramkumar Ramamoorthy clarified Cognizant would continue hiring, and that the earlier job-cut announcement was but a small one, considering the company had around 290,000 employees globally
A Nasdaq-listed IT services firm, Cognizant had said last week that it was planning to cut around 13,000 jobs
Though reducing headcount will help control cost, the CEO has to overcome the cultural issues associated with the layoffs.
Reduction to be around two per cent of the company's headcount
Cognizant announced measures including reduction in job count in the coming quarters apart from exiting content moderation business
Its revenue grew 4.2 per cent to $4.25 billion in the third quarter, compared to $4.07 billion in the year-ago period
Cognizant had about 500 workers in India's southern city of Hyderabad looking for sensitive topics or profane language in Facebook videos
Transaction likely to close in fourth quarter of 2019, subject to regulatory approvals
India is a critical part of Cognizant and will continue to be so, says Humphries
Humphries, who took over the reins of the company earlier this year, said he has spent the past few months in marathon meetings with clients and employees