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Will 20% hikes and higher fresher pay be the new norm in IT sector?

Amid the race to hire and retain talents, several IT companies are outdoing each other in doling out attractive packages and bonuses. Will such hikes become the new norms? Find out in this report

What is attracting IT giants to smaller cities?

Tech companies are venturing into smaller cities in search of talents. And they are finding many in cities like Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow and Jaipur. What are the reasons for this trend?

Indian IT players to hire 360,000 freshers for FY22: Unearthinsight study

In order to retain talent, companies announced several measures like salary hikes, stock options, promotions, long-term incentives, higher skill increments, and upskilling/reskilling training

Indian IT crosses $200-bn revenue mark, hits $227 bn in FY22: Nasscom

The industry added 450,000 new hires in FY22, the highest ever taking the total direct employee base of the industry to 5 million.

83% jump in hirings: FY22 could be IT's best ever, shows data

Big 5 will collectively induct at least 160,000 employees

The Great Return to office begins in IT after a long Covid-induced hiatus

TCS, the largest IT services player, has told all its employees to be back at their deputed locations by November 15

Amid WFH, Maharashtra mulls 'nodal centres' at smaller cities for IT people

Maharashtra is mulling to create 'nodal centres' on the lines of co-working spaces in smaller cities and towns, from where software professionals can work for their respective companies

TCS adds over 7,000 employees in UK, now employs over 18,000 persons

India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday said it has added over 7,000 employees in the UK, including 1,800 trainees over the past five years.

Wipro expects to access about 100,000 doses of Covid vaccine for employees

IT major Wipro on Wednesday said it expects to have access to about one lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines for its employees and their families, beginning early June. The Bengaluru-based company said it has partnered with top-tier hospitals and a tech-enabled online-to-offline delivery platform - which specialises in primary care and urgent response services - to provide COVID-19 vaccination support to its India-based employees. "As part of this partnership, beginning early June, subject to availability, Wipro expects to have access to a total of 1,00,000 doses of three vaccines Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V -- as the first tranche for the exclusive use of our employees and their dependents (spouse and children)," Wipro said in a statement. The objective is to ensure vaccination for all its employees at the earliest, it added. "Given the severity of the second wave of the pandemic, the importance of vaccination cannot be emphasised enough...Vaccination services will be provided f

Credit Suisse Group to hire over 1,000 IT employees in India in 2021

Credit Suisse said it planned to hire over 1,000 IT staffs in India this year to show its commitment to the country and its intention to establish it as a global technology innovation center for bank

From Cognizant to HCL, India Inc opens up purse for employee retention

HCL had announced a one-time special bonus of $90 million earlier this month to employees around the world as it crossed the $10-billion revenue mark

Nasscom hails ten-month delay in implementing Trump's H-1B allotment rule

Dept of Homeland Security will now push date of the rule March 9 to December 31, will review it as a whole for potential changes or for rescinding it

Naukri.com report shows hiring activity in IT sector picked up in September

Top roles that recruiters were hiring for included software developer, tech lead, tech architect, among others

Mindtree's net profit jumps 88% to Rs 253.7 cr; salary hikes from January

The firm's revenues remained flat year-on-year at Rs 1,926 crore during the period under review and witnessed a marginal 1 per cent gain sequentially

Bench staff at IT firms rising as Covid-19 causes project delays

In the past three months, there has been at least one percentage increase in staffers on the bench

Logging in with facemasks: Offices look different as staff returns to work

Office life in these cities resumed on Monday, albeit cautiously and with full knowledge of the need to maintain social distancing.

Revenue bites: IT firms go aggressive on cost-cutting amid Covid-19 crisis

Travel expenses trimmed and salary hikes put on hold as industry fights slowdown and demand uncertainty

Over 1 mn IT employees to work from home post-lockdown: Kris Gopalakrishnan

The former CEO and Managing Director of Infosys said he does not see job losses in the IT sector

Coronavirus impact: TCS not to retrench employees, freezes salary hikes

The company reported a healthy profit jump for the March quarter, but hinted at very difficult time in the first two quarters of the current fiscal due to COVID-19 crisis, including a revenue contract

Coronavirus: IT firms ask clients abroad to allow staff to work from home

Currently, while many IT employees are working from home, a significant majority has to come to office as companies don't allow these staffers to work from home