India’s fourth-largest IT firm Wipro saw an increase of 2,260 employees in the second quarter ended September 30, 2025, largely driven by fresher onboarding.
Wipro onboarded about 2,900 freshers during this quarter despite lower attrition in the previous quarter and better utilisation, said chief human resource officer Saurabh Govil during the company's second-quarter earnings conference on October 16.
"We will continue to hire based on demand and look at campuses," Govil said.
He added, "for the freshers, lot of focus is train and hire. We are spending time much before they come onboard by working with campuses, their curriculum, assessing them, and onboarding them. We have tried to shift from hire-and-train to train-and-hire so that it helps us speed up deployment on projects."
Sequentially, the attrition rate decreased to 14.9 percent for the last-twelve-month (LTM) basis. In Q1FY26, attrition stood at 15.1 percent. The total headcount stood at 235,492.
Earlier, the management had said that for FY26, though Wipro aims to hire a similar number as FY25 from campuses, the company will take a call after observing the current business environment which has been reeling under macroeconomic uncertainties.
In comparison, Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) headcount reduced by over 19,000 employees in Q2 while Infosys' headcount increased by 8,203 employees.
The company's utilization rate, excluding trainees, was at 86.4 percent in Q2, as compared to 85 percent in Q1.
On October 16, Wipro reported a 1.15 percent increase in consolidated profit after tax at Rs 3,246 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.
The consolidated revenue from operations of Wipro was up marginally by 2 percent to Rs 22,697-crore during the July-September period from Rs 22,302-crore in the year-ago period.
"Our revenue momentum is strengthening, with Europe and APMEA (Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa) returning to growth, and our operating margins holding steady within the narrow band. Bookings surpassed $9.5 billion for H1-FY26," said Srini Pallia, CEO and Managing Director, Wipro.
" Our strategy is clear: remain resilient, adapt to global shifts, and lead with AI (Artificial Intelligence)." Pallia added.
During the company’s post-earnings press conference, Pallia said that the recent changes to the United States’ H-1B visa programme has no impact on the company, since the IT firm is not dependent on H-1B visas.
“Over the last few years, we have had a very focused and purposeful approach on how we can localise. Nearly 80 percent of our US employee base are locals,” said Wipro Chief Human Resource Officer Saurabh Govil during the conference.
Shares of Wipro settled higher at Rs 253.70 per share on the NSE, rising 1.39 percent.
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