Wipro orders hybrid work as other tech giants make full-time pants-wearing mandatory

Indian IT outsourcer Wipro bucked recent trends this week, when it announced it would allow its employees remote work. HR head Saurabh Govil took to LinkedIn on Tuesday to share the news of the hybrid work policy. "We expect associates to work from the office premises three days a week, choosing these days based on their need …

[Paul Crawford]

Finally a big corp that thinks about the whole picture!

[TonyJ]

More likely they expect to attract the better talent that will inevitably leave other companies that are hell bent on forcing people back into an office, regardless of what sense it makes - or doesn't make.

[Anonymous Coward]

Better talent would know better than to work for Wipro.

[tip pc]

what they say and what they do are completely separate things.

if you got outsourced to Wipro and their customer (your former employee) expects you in then don't expect those rules to apply to you.

[DJV]

"Fifteen days can be taken for those who are unwell"

So, if you're ill you're expected to go home and work as opposed to taking sick leave to rest and recuperate - am I reading that right?

[ArrZarr]

Re: "Fifteen days can be taken for those who are unwell"

There's a difference between "I don't want to give you my cold" and "I've got something worth taking a sick day over".

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: "Fifteen days can be taken for those who are unwell"

No there isn’t.

[Anonymous Coward]

Full-time pants-wearing mandatory

Sorry, but being in the office is as far as I'm prepared to go.

[Anonymous Coward]

And an important check: Is that British pants, or Yank pants?

[Roland6]

And are they to be worn superman style?

[M.V. Lipvig]

Very smart

Other companies are saying come back to the office or else, these guys are saying we'll let you work remotely. This company's about to get the top talent from every other company in India.