<p>In line with the layoffs plaguing IT industry, India’s third largest IT company Wipro has reduced its head count by over 3,000 in the second quarter.<br /><br />The company, that had 1,66,790 people working under it at the end of June quarter, saw its workforce down by 3,031 (1.8%) to 1,63,759 at the end of the second quarter ended September 30, 2016.<br /><br />The maximum reduction in the headcount of the company came from the its core sector, as its sales and support staff has increased marginally to 14,880.<br /><br />The Business Process Services (BPS) attrition in the company has increased notches by 70 basis points to 13.5% on the quarterly basis, the requlatory filing of the company revealed.<br /><br />However has not announced hiring of any new employees during this quarter in any of its filing with markets.<br /><br />Earlier, IT major on Tuesday reported a 5.57% rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 2,189.5 crore for the September quarter.<br /><br />The Bengaluru-based bellwether had registered a net profit of Rs 2,073.9 crore in the year-ago period. Its gross revenue declined by 2.49% to Rs 13,43.4 crore during the second quarter.<br /><br />The company has also crossed the milestone of $2 billion revenue in IT Services in the USD terms. IT Services Segment Revenues for the company in dollar terms were $2,013.5 million.<br /><br />Earlier this year, in first quarter, Infosys had also reduced its head count by 1,811 (0.9%) from 2,00,364 to 1,98,553 employees</p>.<p>The company, that had 1,66,790 people working under it at the end of June quarter, saw its workforce down by 3,031 (1.8%) to 1,63,759 at the end of the second quarter ended September 30, 2016. </p>
<p>In line with the layoffs plaguing IT industry, India’s third largest IT company Wipro has reduced its head count by over 3,000 in the second quarter.<br /><br />The company, that had 1,66,790 people working under it at the end of June quarter, saw its workforce down by 3,031 (1.8%) to 1,63,759 at the end of the second quarter ended September 30, 2016.<br /><br />The maximum reduction in the headcount of the company came from the its core sector, as its sales and support staff has increased marginally to 14,880.<br /><br />The Business Process Services (BPS) attrition in the company has increased notches by 70 basis points to 13.5% on the quarterly basis, the requlatory filing of the company revealed.<br /><br />However has not announced hiring of any new employees during this quarter in any of its filing with markets.<br /><br />Earlier, IT major on Tuesday reported a 5.57% rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 2,189.5 crore for the September quarter.<br /><br />The Bengaluru-based bellwether had registered a net profit of Rs 2,073.9 crore in the year-ago period. Its gross revenue declined by 2.49% to Rs 13,43.4 crore during the second quarter.<br /><br />The company has also crossed the milestone of $2 billion revenue in IT Services in the USD terms. IT Services Segment Revenues for the company in dollar terms were $2,013.5 million.<br /><br />Earlier this year, in first quarter, Infosys had also reduced its head count by 1,811 (0.9%) from 2,00,364 to 1,98,553 employees</p>.<p>The company, that had 1,66,790 people working under it at the end of June quarter, saw its workforce down by 3,031 (1.8%) to 1,63,759 at the end of the second quarter ended September 30, 2016. </p>