Beyond Layoff

Information technology firm Cognizant said around 400 of its senior executives have accepted its voluntary separation package which will help the multi-national corporation save around $60 million dollars annually, PTI reported on Sunday. The company had offered some of its senior staff up to nine months of salary. Wikimedia Commons The international company had pitched the package, which offers up to nine months of salary, to some of its senior executives based in the United States and India in May. The firm has not specified how many of the employees were based in India, which accounts for a sizable number of its 2.56 lakh workforce. “Of the $39 million (approximately Rs 248 crore) of realignment charges, $35 million was for the roughly 400 associates who accepted our voluntary separation package,” Cognizant Chief Financial Officer Karen McLoughlin said at a recent investor call. The CFO said the step will help increase profits. The firm’s staff strength was reduced by aro

The Indian media has already begun speculating on the impact of layoffs in IT sector on other parts of the economy. Take for example the Real Estate sector, which was already struggling post demonitization of Indian money. Some industry watchers are closely looking at the impact of layoffs and slowdown in IT sector on the housing market, especially in major cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai and elsewhere. Against a backdrop of such news and layoffs comes news that TCS plans to add 3.75 L sq feet office space in Bengaluru Job losses in tech sectors may reduce home sales in IT hubs (Economic Times) MUMBAI | BENGALURU: Recent news regarding job losses in the key information technology sector that has driven job creation over last two decades is threatening to unnerve residential real estate in IT hubs across the country.  The unfolding scenario may push homebuyers in major property markets in cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai and Gurgaon into a she