Cognizant asks India employees to work from office: What CEO Ravi Kumar S said in memo

Cognizant

has asked its employees based in India to

work from office

at least thrice a week, a report has said. The US-based IT company became the latest company to end the

remote working

induced by Covid-19 pandemic.
Citing a memo sent by Cognizant

CEO Ravi Kumar S

last week, news agency Reuters reported that the company tol all India associates that they are “expected to be in the office an average of three days per week, or as defined by their team leader.”
The company, however, did not specify the move's effective date, the report noted.

Work from office for ‘better collaboration’

Cognizant said that work from office enables better collaboration and awareness of company culture but reportedly several workers lamented on social media about the resultant loss of flexibility and work-life balance.
The CEO urged staff to use the in-person time to prioritise activities "that benefit greatly from being together" such as collaborative projects, training and team building.
Meanwhile, Cognizant will also launch a new hybrid-work scheduling app for India to help managers coordinate schedules and reserve space in the office for their teams, the memo showed.

A spokesperson told the news agency that the company believed the hybrid model "will define the future of work" and that it remained committed to further expanding into Tier-2 cities across India, where many of its associates live.
Cognizant has an employee strength of 347,700 employees out of which around 254,000 are based in India, making it the firm's largest employee base.
TCS, Wipro, Infosys ask workers to come to office
Indian IT companies including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro and HCLTech have also released their work from office policy. TCS made it mandatory for employees to work from the office for at least three days a week by March 31 and non-compliance could lead to “consequences”.
HCLTech, Infosys and Wipro also asked employees to work from office for a minimum of three days a week. All companies have said the policy is aimed at enhancing teamwork and employee well-being.