The IT firm sees limited impact due to H-1B visa ban; profitable growth tops the agenda
Current Affairs : IT administrations major Wipro has not laid off a solitary worker because of the Covid pandemic and has no such plans soon regardless of taking different cost control measures, said its administrator Rishad Premji.
Talking at the organization’s 74th yearly regular gathering (AGM) held essentially on Monday, he likewise said that Wipro has de-gambled itself from the H-1B visa reliance as more than 70 percent of its staff members in the US are local people.
“We have not laid off a solitary representative because of the pandemic. We don’t have any designs to lay off any representative,” Premji stated, who assumed control over the mantle of chairmanship from his dad and originator, Azim Premji a year ago.
As indicated by the organization, more than 95 percent of its representatives are as of now telecommuting (WFH). “We will positively work from office yet everybody coming to office simultaneously may not occur. In next 12-year and a half, it (our working model) will be resolved,” said Premji.
While the yearly comprehensive gathering (AGM) saw disturbance because of network issues, most investors were energetic about the means taken up by the organization to battle the Covid pandemic. Indeed, some were profuse in their commendation of Rishad Premji saying ‘commendable child of a commendable dad’.
Be that as it may, the organization’s board likewise confronted some intense inquiries when a few investors posed to lukewarm execution of the firm when contrasted with peers and successive CEO changes.
Aditi Mehta 