Infosys To Soon Make Three-Day Work From Office (WFO) Mandatory For Its Employees: Report

Indian IT giant Infosys has reportedly called upon employees to work from office (WFO) at least three days a week and plans to soon make it mandatory after management requests to resume the normal office routine failed to yield any fruitful results according to the Economic Times Report.

The directive comes even as Infosys cofounder NR Narayana Murthy has made continuous references on 70-hour work weeks to increase productivity and economic growth.

The Bengaluru-based software major Infosys is India's second-biggest technology outsourcing company in terms of market value. The company has a market capitalization of Rs 6,16,235.92 crore.

According to the report, in an email from vertical heads, the software major said: "Please start coming to office at least 3 days a week. It will become mandatory very shortly."

Expressing discontentment over a tepid response to several return-to-office requests, the email emphasized that the three years of work-from-home arrangement after the Covid-19 pandemic were long enough. Barring exceptions for medical reasons, employees must start coming to the office, it further said.

The ET report quoted a source aware of the development saying that the management was not happy with some delivery units (DUs) that were often empty and hence have sought prompt attendance at campuses where it operates offshore development centres (ODCs) for clients. The company has, however, offered to consider, on a case-by-case basis, requests from employees if they have health-related issues.

With this, Infosys has joined other peers in the IT sector including Wipro and Tata Consultancy Services who have asked their employees to turn up at the office and move toward a normal office routine.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, work-from-home norms across industries, particularly in the IT sector, have raised concerns related to data security and moonlighting by employees.

In a separate email, Infosys is also to have said that it would revert to charging for bus services with a daily fee of Rs 150, with a monthly cap at Rs 1,500, from January 3.

While these charges prevailed before the pandemic-induced lockdown in early 2020, the services had gone free of cost to motivate employees to return to offices.

The share price of Infosys Ltd remained under pressure on Tuesday after the IT firm's chief financial officer (CFO) Nilanjan Roy stepped down from his post. Following the announcement of Roy's exit from the company, American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Infosys declined as much as 3% to $17.41 during the opening trade on Monday. The company has appointed Jayesh Sanghrajka as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from April 1, 2024. The stock was down 0.26% at Rs 1484.75 per share at 10:23 am IST.