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By Newley Purnell India s giant outsourcing firms are facing a two-front challenge: protecting the health of millions of employees as the nation suffers the world s worst Covid-19 crisis, and ensuring that their work continues as usual for the big Western companies on their client lists. Companies like Infosys Ltd., Wipro Ltd. and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., known as TCS, have built up armies of workers who serve global clients like Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. s Citibank and Vanguard Group, doing everything from running call centers to writing computer code. The companies, along with Western tech businesses with large India-based staffs, are dealing with absences of sick workers, trying to help stricken employees find oxygen and getting vaccine shots for others at a time when such resources are scarce.
The global embrace of remote work or working from home has reset expectations, employment choices and work cultures, according to industry experts who spoke to CNBC. We believe that there will be structural shifts as part of a hybrid workforce that blends in-person employees with virtual, said Sandip Patel, managing director of IBM India and South Asia, in an email. It s a fight for skills and talent that will drive the business and talent models. and gig workers will certainly assume a strong place in the future workforce.
The workforce changes come as India battles a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 cases in the South Asian nation have spiked to daily record highs in the past month. India had 362,727 new infections over the last 24 hours with 4,120 deaths reported on Thursday.
The global embrace of remote work or working from home has reset expectations, employment choices and work cultures, according to industry experts who spoke to CNBC. We believe that there will be structural shifts as part of a hybrid workforce that blends in-person employees with virtual, said Sandip Patel, managing director of IBM India and South Asia, in an email. It s a fight for skills and talent that will drive the business and talent models. and gig workers will certainly assume a strong place in the future workforce.
The workforce changes come as India battles a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 cases in the South Asian nation have spiked to daily record highs in the past month. India had 362,727 new infections over the last 24 hours with 4,120 deaths reported on Thursday.
Technology giant IBM is helping colleagues and the community with critical resources amidst the medical emergency due to the second Covid-19 surge in the country. The Big Blue said in a blog post that it has set up a dedicated 24x7 medical helpline through healthcare firm Portea for a variety of services including doctor consultation, and medical, home care and testing services. It is offering round the clock emergency transport services for medical requirements for both employees and their immediate family members who are Covid positive (for transport to a medical facility). It also applies to those who are Covid negative (for procuring medical supplies or attend to impacted family members).