TCS HR head Milind Lakkad shares similar views, stating that as employees return to offices, the company expects to return to its normal operating mode by the end of the fiscal year.
Reportedly, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has extended the deadline for employees to return to the office by an additional quarter. According to a recent Economic Times article, the company has now designated the end of March as the ultimate deadline for employees to resume office duties. NG Subramaniam, the chief operating officer, cautioned in an interview with ET that there would be repercussions for not complying with this deadline.
Bringing employees back to the office has increasingly become an industry-wide challenge.
final deadline
TCS COO cited work culture as well as security issues for giving the strict deadline. He said working from home made employees and employers vulnerable. “We are exercising patience but have taken a principled stand that employees have to get back to offices,” he said. “We have sent employees the final communication on this and if they do not, there will be consequences to face.”
He added, “With the kind of cyberattacks in today’s context, an organisation can inadvertently get into trouble,” he said. “One cannot have the kind of controls at home and there can be security risks to businesses.
Want the original TCS culture back
TCS chief operating officer NG Subramaniam too had echoed similar sentiments recently. Talking about employees who joined the company during Pandemic, Subramaniam said. “Around 40,000 employees joined us online and quit online without any offline interaction during the pandemic and that kind of situation cannot be helpful to an organisation.” “We are very clear that we have to get our original culture back,” Subramaniam said. “
