About 5% of Infosys staff back in office

BENGALURU: After a lengthy lockdown forced by the covid-19 pandemic, Bengaluru-based information technology (IT) major Infosys Ltd is gradually reopening its offices with caution. In the first phase of resuming operations, only about 5% of its workforce, led by its chief executive, will return to work. With 242,371 employees, this translates into a little over 12,000 employees.

“As lockdowns begin to ease across India, our CEO Salil Parekh, along with a few Infoscions, get back to our campuses that are equipped and prepared for the ‘new normal’,” Infosys tweeted on May 7. Parekh has resumed work from the firm’s Electronic City headquarters in Bengaluru. It also said operations were resumed at its Bhubaneswar

office.

“With temperature checks, sanitised office vehicles, alternative seating arrangements in official transport, and compulsory masks, #InfyBhubaneswar resumed its operations,” Infosys tweeted. An Infosys spokesperson said that the pictures on Twitter are “self-explanatory” on the precautionary measures taken. Employees are seen maintaining social distancing, while queuing up near the elevators, or during temperature checks at the frontdesk counters. The cafeterias have been arranged in a way that only a single person sits at a table.

In March, Infosys had sent home all its trainees from the Global Education Centre in Mysuru as a precautionary measure. While it’s not clear yet when the training centre will open, “all trainings are going on virtually”, the spokesperson said.