Many of the industry's clients closed their set-ups globally as part of containment measures to check coronavirus. Travel and hospitality, aviation, retail, auto and manufacturing hit the hardest
'It's going to happen again and again and again every five years,' said Pai
First sequential decline in a decade as 8 of top 15 software firms report drop in manpower
Layoffs have nothing to do with Trump's visa stance; its impact will show after rules are framed
Wipro appears to be firmly against the idea of lay-offs
Mid-rung engineering institutes are exploring ways to impart latest skills to students
Indian IT hubs of Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Navi Mumbai and Noida could be most impacted
Payouts of at least four Infosys executives increased by over 50% in the previous financial year
Said knowledge should move from lecture mode to being interactive, digital, participatory
Global IT services major IBM has let go of a few thousand employees from its Indian unit, which employs one out of three workers globally.IBM joins local peers such as Wipro, Infosys, Cognizant and Tech Mahindra to prune staff as the IT sector faces technology shifts towards automation and from manning legacy system towards digital and cloud.IBM India is looking at a target of "achieving 100 per cent utilization" across all projects with the shift in business and increased demand for digital-technology based services, a person familiar with the development said. For example, if a project currently has eight software engineers, roughly two of them are released and redeployed on other projects to achieve full utilization across projects. "However, no one is kept idle on the bench now," an engineer at IBM said. "In some cases people have to upgrade themselves with new technology skills to get redeployed. But, those who are not willing are at risk and often told to go." Kris ...
Said Jan Dhan Yojana and Aadhar based service delivery models offer interesting opportunities
Protectionist policies in the west and increased automation have led to job losses
India runs the risk of losing the competitive edge it has enjoyed in the sector over the years
Analysts attribute these job losses to a slowdown in growth, automation of lower-end work
Auotmation has become the new norm
McKinsey & Company report said half of IT workforce will be irrelevant over the next 3-4 years
The New Democratic Labour Front (NDLF) IT Employees Wing, a trade union, plans to hold a protest march next week in Chennai against what it calls unjustified sacking of employees by IT services firms. It also plans to represent around 20 employees who have lost jobs from IT firms with the Tamil Nadu labour department. The protest also looks to rally more workers from IT companies, which are facing their worst challenge in close to a decade, and demonstrate solidarity for engineers who have been laid off. The organisation alleged that they have information that companies including Cognizant, Wirpo, Tech Mahindra, IBM and Capegemini are sending out large number of employees. "We have been contacted by employees of many of these companies and in solidarity with those employees we are planning conduct a demonstration from 5 pm to 7 pm on May 18, at Chennai Old Mahabalipuram Road, which is the IT hub in the city," said Kumar S, working with NDLF IT Employees Wing.The union alleges that ...
According to reports, the 7 biggest IT firms operating in India are set to let go of 56,000 workers
Tech Mahindra recently fired close to 1,000 employees; Wipro was the canary in the coal mine
Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant and other IT majors are handing out pink slips