Infosys CEO Salil Parekh addressed issues concerning the firm’s work setting and worker compensation through the Q3 FY25 earnings name on January 16, 2025. Mr Parekh’s response got here after a former Pune-based Infosys worker, Bhupendra Vishwakarma, mentioned he left the corporate regardless of being the only breadwinner for his household.
In his LinkedIn submit, Mr Vishwakarma make clear a number of grievances, together with stagnant salaries regardless of a promotion, unfair distribution of workload, lack of profession progress and a poisonous consumer setting. He additionally pointed to regional bias and restricted recognition and onsite alternatives as contributing components in his resolution to depart the corporate.
Mr Parekh confronted pointed questions on worker issues, together with stagnant salaries and the corporate’s method to workforce administration.
Asked about Mr Vishwakarma’s claims, Mr Parekh burdened that Infosys was dedicated to equity. “Within Infosys, we now have a really clear method to make sure everyone seems to be handled pretty,” he mentioned, including, “We have a well-defined course of for evaluating efficiency.”
Further pressed by a journalist on Vishwakarma’s particular allegations, the Infosys CEO asserted that the corporate prioritised equity and transparency in its inside processes.
His remarks got here amid a raging debate over office tradition within the company sector.
Apart from Infosys, even L&T is going through scrutiny for its work tradition after Chairman SN Subrahmanyan advocated for Sunday workdays. He even went to the extent of asking what workers gained from taking time without work at dwelling, saying, “What do you do sitting at dwelling? How lengthy are you able to stare at your spouse? How lengthy can the wives stare at their husbands? Get to the workplace and begin working.”
The debate round work-life steadiness and prolonged work hours has elicited reactions from trade leaders and public figures. Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra emphasised that the standard of labor holds far better worth than the sheer variety of hours spent at a desk.
Adding a private contact to the dialogue, Edelweiss Mutual Fund CEO Radhika Gupta shared her expertise in a submit on X, saying that whereas she had labored lengthy hours, it left her feeling “depressing” 90% of the time.
RPG Group Chairman Harsh Goenka additionally weighed in on the thought of a 90-hour workweek. In a submit on X, he wrote, “90 hours every week? Why not rename Sunday to ‘Sun-duty’ and make ‘day without work’ a legendary idea!”
Even Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge joined the dialog, opposing the suggestion of excessively lengthy working hours. He invoked the ideas of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr BR Ambedkar, who had strongly advocated limiting staff to an eight-hour workday.