During the summit, the Wipro chairman said that hybrid work culture is the future. He also said that it is important for employees to start coming to office. He believes by working from office, employees will feel connected among themselves. Currently, most IT companies, including Wipro have asked their employees to come to office at least a few days a week. To recall, when Wipro initially removed work from home policy, it asked employees to work from office at least 3 days a week.
Premji, during the summit, said that hybrid and work from home culture has “spoilt” the industry. “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,” Premji said during the summit as quoted by the Economic Times. Additionally, he explained the difference between having a friend and having a friend on social media and said that by working from home employees would not be making the right kind of work connections.
Wipro ended work from home culture in October last year. During that time, the company asked employees to work from office at least 3 days a week.