Bengaluru: With a reduction in the number of Covid-19 cases and an improvement in vaccination numbers across the country, several companies have returned to the old normal of working from the office. While many still continue to offer the work from arrangement to their staff, IT major Tata Consultancy Services is on its way of recalling all employees back to the office.
TCS asks employees to work from office for 3 days/week
Emphasising that it is time for larger teams to return to the office and that customers are now visiting TCS offices globally, the IT company sent an email to its employees saying it is mandatory for all to work from office at least three days a week.
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Managers will create a roster, and adhering to the roster is mandatory. The adherence will be tracked. “Needless to mention, any non-compliance will be taken seriously, and administrative measures may be applied,” the mail read.
When the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, TCS had previously asked employees to return to their home locations. However, last month, it called its senior employees back to the office. And in the latest mail, the company has asked its larger teams “to start working from the office as well.”
TCS’ 25×25 model
“We are moving in a phased manner to get our associates back to the office. This is in line with our vision to transition to 25×25 model,” a TCS spokesperson told TOI.
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Announced after the introduction of the work from home model, the 25×25 model was introduced by CEO Rajesh Gopinathan in May 2020. It refers to the plan under which only 25 per cent of employees would be expected to work from the office by 2025. More recently, he has been quoted as saying that the model needs to be executed in a more controlled manner.
Until then, all employees would be asked to return to the office.
“This will also be an opportunity to welcome a significant number of our new colleagues, who have joined us over the last two years, most of whom have not yet been in a TCS office,” the TCS mail added.
Currently, only a few (not more than 20 per cent) TCS employees have returned to work from the office, people aware of the matter told Economic Times earlier this week. The IT major is now luring the employees with nostalgic pictures on its social media handles.
Noting that the 25/25 is a “well thought-out operating model”, TCS COO recently said that they were the first to announce such a model. “We have taken a calibrated approach to this model of the future and we are committed to implementing it. Values are imparted and mentoring is done within an office through personal interactions at the workplace which is very important for younger employees,” he added further.
