ATTRITION RATES
Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea push long-term plans at old rates to retain users
After announcing telecom pack price hikes of up to 25% effective July 3-4, telcos are urging subscribers to recharge long-term plans at old prices to reduce customer attrition. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are promoting 365-day plans priced between Rs 2,545 and Rs 3,099 through in-app promotions.
L&T hit by 'severe' skilled manpower shortage: 45,000 engineers & techies needed
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) faces a severe shortage of skilled labor, with a deficit of 25,000 workers in engineering and construction, and 20,000 in IT and IT services, per its Chairman S N Subrahmanyan. This shortfall, due to various factors including high attrition and migration, is affecting project execution.
IT stocks plunge up to 5% on Monday after 8% rally last week. Know how experts view sector!
Nifty IT index fell 2.3% with Coforge and Persistent Systems as top losers, despite Nifty hitting a lifetime high. IT sector has seen recent positive returns but remains a laggard over the quarter.
Sandip Agarwal's 4 top bets from IT sector for near term
I think now the attrition rates are under control. Margin should expand because margin is a direct factor of where your attrition is, utilisation is. So, I think the revenue growth I do not see will pick up very substantially immediately, because if at all the ECB rate cut has happened, now in US also we are expecting some cool off to happen on the rate front.
Top IT companies focus on employee productivity amid demand uncertainties
Amid revenue deceleration, shrinking margins and lower headcount, a silver lining for the top tier IT exporters is the rising employee productivity aided by streamlining of human resources through meticulous bench management.
Job demand in renewable energy sector surges 23.7 pc in FY24: Report
The renewable energy sector is seeing a rise in demand for roles like solar PV technicians, wind turbine installers, roofers, and storage operators, in addition to a decline in attrition rates to 33.5% in FY24.
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Renewable industry workforce addition accelerates, attrition slows: Teamlease data
Strong growth in headcount underscores sector's expansion to meet global renewable energy targets and increasing demand for skilled workers
Nothing personal against Burmans; working in best interest of Religare: REL Chairperson Rashmi Saluja
Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) Chairperson Rashmi Saluja has denied any personal resentment towards Burmans, who are in a dispute with management over control of the financial services firm. Burmans, who own around 25% of REL through four entities, announced an open offer to acquire a 26% stake from public shareholders. Saluja defended the relationship with all shareholders, including Burmans, for the last six years and stated that the board's concerns should be put to the rest.
India’s five big IT firms see net exit of 25,000 women in FY24
The data analysis by staffing firm Xpheno revealed that five of India's top IT services companies - Infosys, TCS, Wipro, LTI Mindtree, and HCL Tech - have seen a collective net exit of 25,000 women in the year ending March. Despite an increase in the total number of women employed by these firms from 374,000 in March 2020 to 540,000 in March 2023, the diversity ratio has only seen a marginal growth of 0.9 percentage points during this period.
Access to benefits key in retaining women contract workers: Study
A study by Quess Corp and The Udaiti Foundation reveals that both single and married women who receive performance incentives are more likely to retain their jobs than those who don't. The findings, which analysed data from 1.6 million Quess employees over four years, highlight the high turnover in the staffing industry and India's low female labour participation rate. The study found that nearly one out of every two associates who quit do so within the first three months of employment, underlining the importance of support in that period to stem attrition.
Attrition rates continue to remain high for MBA graduates; drop in pre-placement offers: Study
Deloitte India's study on MBA graduates reveals high attrition rates, location preferences, and trends in compensation and skills assessment.
Attrition for MBA campus talent highest across degrees; employee turnover among campus hires drops in 2023 vs 2022, survey shows
A survey by Deloitte has revealed that the attrition rate among MBA graduates hired directly from campus was the highest across disciplines in 2023, with the highest one-year (40%) and two-year (38%) attrition rates. Infant attrition was the highest among Graduate in Management (BBA / BCom /others) degree holders, with 33% of fresh hires leaving organisations in less than a year of joining. However, the survey showed a reduction in attrition rates from 2022, with MBA hires from Top-10 and Tier-1 colleges attriting at 24% (infant), 40% (one-year), and 38% (two-year) in 2023.
Entry-level jobs in telecom industry thrive despite broader workforce slowdown: TeamLease
Despite a general slowdown in headcount expansion in the Indian telecom industry, demand for entry-level customer-facing and technology roles remained strong. TeamLease Services data shows a growth in associate workforce by 51.05% in FY22, with a 31.41% expansion in FY24. Telecom companies focused on hiring field sales executives, customer relationship executives, and technology staff to support network operations.
Hotels up hiring game: About 100,000 jobs likely to be created in 12-18 months
Hotels across segments are ramping up their workforce as they are adding more rooms and entering new markets amid a strong pickup in business and leisure travel. The jobs they are recruiting for are a mix of permanent, temporary and gig, said Balasubramanian A, vice president and head of consumer, hospitality and ecommerce at TeamLease.
IT companies Cognizant, Capgemini hired 1.5 lakh less hands in 2023
Global hiring decline in 2023 impacted major IT companies like Cognizant and Capgemini. Indian IT firms also faced headcount reductions. Everest Group attributed layoffs to Covid over-hiring, while Gen AI influenced hiring decisions.
Ciel HR’s Aditya Narayan Mishra on IT hiring and salary trends
Aditya Narayan Mishra highlights the impact of AI, ML, cloud, and full stack development on pay packages. Global competency centers pay freshers more for problem-solving skills. Market shifts towards newer technologies, impacting attrition rates and skill demand. Further, Mishra says five years ago, the percentage of people on contract staff were less than 10%, but today it is closer to 20%.
Companies shopping for workers floored by women
"There is a preference to hire women on assembly lines," said Lohit Bhatia, president of workforce management at leading staffing company Quess Corp. "Many automobile, EV and component makers as well as electronics and mobile manufacturers want to specifically hire women in roles that require precision work." Maruti Suzuki, MG Motor and Lumax among others are hiring an increasing number of female apprentices on the shop floor.
IT hiring shows signs of life; Amazon seller Appario sold
After an extended lull, major IT companies are showing signs of increased hiring activity — the first such rise in 20 months. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
Transformations across sectors and demand for niche skills driving attrition trends
Attrition at senior levels in various industries like software, internet, gaming, and BFSI is influenced by factors like intra-industry migration, competitive salaries, and the growing need for digital expertise, leading to role consolidations and redundancy.
Workforce attrition in restaurant sector at three-year high amid expansion
Investment and funding have picked up in recent months, with new local entrants and global chains driven by India’s young population, among other factors, adding to new work opportunities and hence, faster churn, as workers are switching jobs even for modest package increases.
Salary hikes likely to remain flat this year
Engineering firms and non-banking financing companies (NBFCs) are likely to give hikes of over 10%, according to Aon. This set is followed by automobiles, financial institutions, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), tech platforms & products, professional services and global capability centres (GCCs), where increases are seen in the 9.5-9.9% range. Key sectors that see increases slowing include ecommerce (to 9.2% from 9.6%), retail (8.4% from 9.2%), startups (8.5% from 9%), and tech consulting & services (8.2% to 9.1%).
Fewer workers exit India cos on global economic woes; attrition rate improves in 2023
Lack of growth opportunities, inadequate compensation, job recognition programmes, workplace culture and poor work-life balance were the top five reasons for attrition, according to human resource consulting firm Omam Consultant’s salary projection survey 2024, shared exclusively with ET.
Kotak Mahindra Bank shares rally as management rejig reduces attrition risk
Analysts say the rejigs in top management largely just increase the coverage of responsibilities of existing senior management personnel.
Red flag: Why are so few women checking into India Inc’s C-suite?
Only 4% of exec directors at Nifty 50 are women, and across NSE-listed cos that figure drops to 3%; enabling policies needed to empower them. There is a persistent and high level of unconscious bias as well. Allyship is key. “Boys’ clubs still operate that many times do not give women the right kind of projects (that can advance them in their career) thus demotivating many women who see their juniors becoming senior and moving ahead,” said Girotra.
HCL Tech Q3 results better-than-expected; here are 6 major takeaways for Dalal Street
HCL Tech’s consolidated net profit rose 13.5% sequentially to Rs 4,350 crore in the December quarter, and revenue grew nearly 7% to Rs 28,446 crore.
Efficiency of execution is primarily resulting in lower headcount for TCS: Samir Seksaria
TCS CFO and CHRO discuss Q3 results and margin resilience. Attrition has decreased and there is potential for further reduction. Subcontracting cost has been lowered and there is room for optimization. The impact of generative AI on the workforce is acknowledged, but it is not a major factor in the current headcount decline. The BSNL deal contributes to growth and showcases TCS's capabilities. The demand environment is being closely monitored and there is optimism for improvement.
In next 3-4 quarters, falling attrition may spring big surprise in IT cos’ margins: Sandip Agarwal
Sandip Agarwal says: “This quarter, the IT companies will show a slight beat in margin. In the next quarter, thereshould be a bigger beat in margin followed by even further better margins in the first half of FY25. We will have good margins to start with followed by good revenue growth.”
Attrition levels drop as executives stay put in uncertain business environment
Attrition rates at India Inc decreased to 17% in 2023 from 19.7% in 2022, influenced by a subdued job market, macroeconomic challenges, sector-wide layoffs, and an uncertain future. The IT/ITeS sector experienced the most significant decline, dropping from 21.3% in 2022 to 15.5% in 2023, as per the Deloitte attrition survey exclusively shared with ET. Attrition declined in most sectors, except for a rise in financial services to 32.7% in 2023 from 29.2% in 2022.
Persistent shows resilience on sustained business momentum
Persistent’s revenue grew by 3.2% in constant currency (cc) and by 3.1% in reported terms to $ 2,917.1 million from the previous quarter. Analysts had anticipated a 2.9% increase in cc terms. In rupee terms, revenue rose by 3.9% sequentially to Rs 2,411.7 crore. Net profit fell by 0.7% to Rs 263.2 crore adjusting for the one-time expenditure incurred in the prior quarter. Higher costs put pressure on profit and profitability.
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