Layoffs at Infosys, Wipro ? Read beyond the headlines
Last week, the Indian media ran headlines announcing layoffs at top companies: "Infosys, Wipro laid off 1% of its workforce in last six months" - Times Now IT firm's headcount drops by over 3k in 3 months - Deccan Herald One needs to read beyond the headline to understand the facts. It is customary for software service firms to announce headcount - number of people employed - any major changes during the quarter. During recent earnings announcements, the companies indicated: Wipro has reduced its head count by over 3,000 in the second quarter. The company, that had 1,66,790 people working under it at the end of June quarter, saw its workforce down by 3,031 (1.8%) to 1,63,759 at the end of the second quarter ended September 30, 2016. Infosys also indicated that in the first quarter, it had reduced its head count by 1,811 (0.9%) from 2,00,364 to 1,98,553 employees A reduction of 1.8% and 0.9% of workforce by IT majors should not be news. This seems t