Infosys Modifies the "Ten-Day-Work-From-Office" Rule

Aiming to get more people back on campus, Infosys has instructed its tech workers to follow its policy of working from the office ten days a month. Functional heads at the Bengaluru-based company emailed their colleagues to advise them to restrict the amount of work-from-home days they apply for, starting on March 10, according to a media outlet.

According to the email evaluated by a media outlet, the corporation stated that in order to facilitate this, system interventions will be put in place to restrict the amount of work-from-home days that can be used each month as of March 10, 2025. These steps are intended to preserve employee flexibility while guaranteeing adherence to the new hybrid work rules.

The "system intervention," as senior executives referred to it, is intended to give teammates flexibility while ensuring efficient teamwork. "As you are aware, our hybrid work style requires employees to work from the office at least ten days a month, or as needed by the business, whichever is higher," the email continued. Employees at job level 5 (JL5) and lower are covered by the communication. It further covered that JL5 (Job Level 5) team leaders are ranked above software engineers, senior engineers, system engineers, and consultants. Managers, senior managers, delivery managers, and senior delivery managers are included in JL6 and up; however, vice presidents are excluded from this communication. To date, Infosys, which employs over 323,000 people, has not addressed any media enquiries regarding this development.

Change in Marking Attendance

According to media reports, Infosys employees utilise a mobile app to track their attendance. This software will no longer "default" to approving WFH requests and will force them to punch in ten days a month while working at their local office base. This is more of a project requirement than a unit requirement. The flexibility saved Infosys workers a great deal of time and fatigue from commuting to work. Some employees may become less productive as a result. Sources claim that if an employee misses the work-from-office goal by one or two days, those days will be subtracted from their remaining leave balance.

TCS Attracting Employees in a Unique Way

TCS, a rival of Infosys, tied quarterly variable pay outs to employees' attendance at work earlier in 2024. The quarterly incentive will not be given to those who have less than 60% attendance. On November 20, 2023, Infosys announced its return-to-office policy. According to a report published by a renowned media house, the outsourcing giant set aside a few crucial weeks each quarter as "in-person collab" weeks, during which time all team members were expected to be in the office and work together.