While many may argue that hybrid work is the future for most workplaces, Wipro chairman Rishad Premji wants the employees of IT industry to return to workplaces from the work from home mindset.
According to media reports, speaking at the Nasscom Technology and Leadership Summit 2023, the Wipro chairman conceded that hybrid work culture, which gives employees the flexibility to work from home, is the future, he said it is also important that employees start coming to offices as this will ensure connectedness among them.
Currently, most of the companies have asked their employees to come to offices a few days a week after the Covid-19 pandemic abated, but have made this optional.
Premji claimed that the hybrid and work from home model has made the industry "spoilt", and tried to drive home the importance of staying connected. "I'm a big believer we should be coming back in some shape and form and connecting because there is an intimacy to it that is irreplaceable with technology," Economic Times quoted him as saying.
He observed that there is a difference between having a friend and having a friend on social media and said people would not be making the right kind of connections when they are only virtually connected.
Wipro had ended complete work from home in October and asked employees to work from the office at least three days a week. The company had then said returning to workplaces a few days a week will "help us enjoy the camaraderie and team spirit of connecting in person while maintaining hybrid work flexibility."
