Work From Office

Employees at Infosys use a mobile app to record their attendance. It will now no longer approve work from home requests by default and will require staff to punch in at least 10 days a month, a report said.

Trump offers buyouts to Federal employees resisting in-person work

Federal workers who want to leave are instructed to simply reply to the memo from their .gov government email account. “Type the word ‘Resign’ into the body of this reply email.

AWS CEO Matt Garman reveals why Amazon discontinued remote work: 'Everyone picked a...'

Matt Garman explained that remote work doesn’t foster the same spontaneous interactions that happen naturally in the office. He noted that when Amazon previously implemented a three-day in-office schedule, it proved ineffective since employees often selected different days to come in, which limited opportunities for consistent, in-person collaboration.

Remote work detrimental to mental health? This key study says office life wins

Findings reveal that workers in fully remote settings experience poorer mental health outcomes than their in-office or hybrid counterparts.

Wipro asks employees to work from office thrice a week

'We are focused on a high-performance work culture that empowers associates to do their best work while prioritising their well-being,' says Wipro CHRO

Bengaluru Metro's Whitefield line chokes after return-to-office mandates, more trains only next year

Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited officials said additional trains for existing Purple and Green Lines will be inducted after June 2025

Walmart to lay off hundreds of corporate staff, relocate others: WSJ

Walmart will continue to allow employees to work remotely part-time, provided they spend majority of their time in offices.

TCS won’t give variable pay to employees with less than 60% attendance in office

The IT services major is expecting minimum 85% attendance of employees in office for them to receive full quarterly variable pay from here on

Cognizant asks India employees to work from office thrice a week, internal memo shows

Employers cited reasons such as better collaboration and awareness of company culture for the move, but many workers have lamented on social media about the resultant loss of flexibility and work-life balance.

Davos 2024: 65% of employees working from office 3-5 days a week, says TCS CEO K Krithivasan

TCS CEO K Krithivasan expressed confidence that most employees will be back in the office in the next couple of quarters.

Wipro taking 'necessary precautions' to safeguard employees amid rising Covid cases

Sixty-three cases of Covid sub-variant JN.1 were reported in the country till Sunday, December 24, including 34 in Goa, official sources said.

96% of Indian firms have asked employees for full or partial return to office: study

Contrary to the popular belief that most workers are reluctant to return to office, seven out of 10 employees in India responded positively to the mandate, according to the Cisco study

Corporates promote use of Bengaluru Metro amid return to office push; congestion may worsen, warns traffic police

Bengaluru traffic police ask commuters to consider carpooling and companies to offer shuttle services to ease the burden on roads, which is likely to worsen from January 2024 onward.

Wipro makes work from office thrice a week mandatory from November 15, warns errant employees of consequences

Wipro has warned employees that they would face consequences starting January 7, 2024 if they consistently fail to adhere to the new hybrid work policy.

'Violation may lead to termination': Meta warns employees ignoring 3-day-per-week office rule

The email was sent to Meta employees by Lori Goler, the company’s “head of people”. “Beginning September 5, people assigned to an office will need to spend at least 3 days per week in person to foster healthy relationships and strong collaboration,” an excerpt from the mail read.

Remote work is inevitable. It can be better

Rather than trying to slow the WFH trend, employers should focus on how best to manage far-flung workers

Women churn rate outpaces that of men at TCS as work-from-home ends

The annual report did not reveal the exact attrition number on the basis of gender.

Farmers Group CEO ends remote work policy, sparks employee revolt

The new CEO of Farmers Group has reversed the company’s previous stance on remote work, sparking a revolt among employees.

Part-time PGs, weekly hometown travels: Hybrid office work ties GenZ up in knots

Many GenZ employees (people born between 1996 and 2010) who are working from the office for 2-3 days a week are travelling back to their home for the rest of the days to save cost but end up losing more – financially and mentally.

CEO praises employee who sold his family dog to meet expectations at work

The CEO also shared that 30 of his employees working remotely had not even opened their laptops for a month.

Days of authoritarian leadership diminishing: Wipro chairman Rishad Premji

Rishad Premji believes that leaders who can empathise and connect with people are very powerful. The Wipro chairman also said that it is important to encourage an environment of risk-taking and celebrate failures.

Meesho scraps its work from anywhere policy, adopts flexi-office model

This comes at a time when many offices have opened up, leading to rentals in Bengaluru skyrocketing among other issues.

Snap employees to work from office starting February

"After working remotely for so long, we're excited to get everyone back together next year with our new 80/20 hybrid model," the company spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

Resignations increased at companies that ended work-from-home: Survey

Companies that ended work from home saw a spike in resignations this year, according to a survey conducted by Aon, an HR solutions firm.

As Wipro, TCS resume work from office, IT employees look for flexible job options

Several employees want to quit because they see their employer’s orders of returning to office as restrictive, making them spend time on commuting and preventing them from pursuing other hobbies and passions.