30% of Tech Mahindra employees to eventually work from home permanently

Given the current uncertainty, only a small number of staff will work from offices, at least for one or two quarters.

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July 27, 2020 / 10:46 PM IST

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Tech Mahindra will eventually have close to 25-30 percent of its employees work from home (WFH) permanently, said Manoj Bhat, CFO, Tech Mahindra.

Speaking to the media after the first quarter results, Bhat said, “Now more than 90 percent of people are working from home. Customers are appreciating that we have been able to meet expectations in terms of service delivery. To me, overall long term, 25-30 percent will be permanent WFH.”

“Given the current uncertainty, working from offices will be a very small number, potentially at least for one or two quarters,” he added.

In an earlier statement, the company said less than one percent of the employees are currently working out of office. Earlier, some of its service lines like business process services faced some challenges when employees worked from home.

Bhat explained that the company has made investments in the integrated command and control centre that allows it to drive outcomes and put in risk mitigation plans, be it working from home or office.

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