HR head at HCL Tech says onshore offshore model changing due to pandemic

Flexible workforce trend is here to stay, says Apparao V V

The onsite-offshore model has changed over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, and flexible workforce is a trend that is here to stay, said Apparao V V, the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at HCL Technologies. 

Speaking to Business Standard post fourth quarter results, Apparao said, "The offshore onsite model definitely has changed. In the earlier years, it used to be 70:30 (Offshore:Onshore). Now, in FY21, it has become 85:15. That is because a lot of customers who have not spent enough IT dollars, realised during the pandemic that their business processes are not digitalised, which is impacting them."

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