TCS Plans To Bring Back Employees To Office: Management Reveals Details!

IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced that it will bring back 5 percent of its workforce to offices globally. Currently, only few of its employees work out of office globally due to the coronavirus pandemic.  

As per Money Control report, after announcing its Q1 FY21 result, Milind Lakkad, EVP and Global Head, Human Resources of TCS, said:  “We are in no hurry to get our employees to office. We are very conservative in bringing people to work. Our strategy will vary depending on the COVID-19 situation in each country and each city.”

Meanwhile, the management expects it will have only 5 percent of its workforce coming to office by 2020 September-end. Even after coming to office, the employees will have to be in office for only 25 percent of the time.

TCS also announced that employees will follow the Vision 25x25 model. Highlighting about this model- the company believes that by 2025, only 25 percent of its employees will need to work out of facilities at any point of time. Also, employees will not need to spend more than 25 percent of their time at work. 

Recently, TCS employed about 4.43 lakh employees at the end of June. To which, TCS CEO Rajesh Gopinathan said the company is investing in dual operating model, both campuses and SBWS. After which, NG Subramaniam, COO of TCS, said, “All 118 delivery centres and campuses are now open and have significantly altered the way it will function taking in to account regulation aspects and guidelines that we receive from authorities and prioritising employee safety.”

"This includes establishing safe operating zones, where maximum 100-120 people will be operating whenever they come to office. Other initiatives include contact tracing and monitoring the way employees reach office, interact with people and way they move. All this so that employees travelling to and from are safe in office and also at home," he added.