Infosys to prefer flexible 'hybrid' work model for employees in view of pandemic

There will be flexibility in the models that will allow employees to work from different locations at different times

Infosys on Tuesday said its employees will continue to work from home largely during 2021 even as many of them will return to physical office environment depending on client requirements and project work.

The company will follow a Hybrid model for its employees to work from both their homes and return to offices and the situation may change depending on the vaccination. The company has a total headcount of 240,000 across 40 countries.

"We have done an incredible job of creating the infrastructure and built an ability to work from home. We are making sure that our employee engagement remains very high. Pravin Rao, our COO, has built an incredible set up where people are able to work in hybrid manner depending on how the situation evolves in different cities that we operate in," Salil Parekh, MD & CEO, Infosys said.

The company's employees are able to work in a flexible environment because of the social capital created by the company. "Once the Covid-19 pandemic is behind us, we will be able to increase our work from the office environment," he said during his interaction at the Media Day.

Parekh also said Covid-19 pandemic has led to a huge demand for its digital offerings such as Cloud and Cyber security. Infosys expects to earn 50% of its total revenues from the digital offerings in the next few quarters. The digital revenues currently stand at 47% of its total revenues.

Infosys is enabling its employees to reskill themselves and learn new technologies in the digital space.

Commenting on the deal pipeline during the ongoing third quarter, which is usually a weak quarter for IT services companies, Parekh said that the deal momentum is steady and strong for the company.