Infosys plans 2,000 jobs in N. Carolina
raleigh (North Carolina) — India-based Infosys announced it will hire 2,000 workers over the next four years for a technology hub in North Carolina, the second of four planned hubs in the US.
Infosys executives were joined by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper at a public event in which they said the hub will be developed in the state’s Research Triangle region.
The consulting company expects to hire the first 500 North Carolina workers within two years as part of an overall strategy leading to eventual creation of 10,000 job overall across the four sites. The first was announced for Indiana in May and the other two locations haven’t yet been announced.
Infosys already has more than 1,100 jobs in North Carolina, according to state documents. Company officials will begin hiring for the hub later this year, company president Ravi Kumar said in the appearance with Cooper at North Carolina’s old Capitol Building. “We know that they feel strongly about North Carolina and the potential that our state holds,” Cooper said.
Kumar stressed that the jobs created as part of its US expansion would go to American workers. While workers could come to North Carolina from all over the country, Kumar emphasised the company aimed to fill positions in part through recruiting local university graduates and training workers through a customised community college programme.
“This was an easy one for us,” Kumar said. “That’s one of the key reasons why we chose North Carolina — there’s such an excellent ecosystem of colleges and schools.”
The jobs will be created in Wake County, which encompasses Raleigh and parts of the Research Triangle Park, with average salaries of $71,000. A state incentives panel finalised an agreement earlier Thursday whereby Infosys could receive $22.4 million in taxpayer-funded grants if they meet job creation, investment and wage thresholds. Another $3 million from the state would help create the community college training programme. —