Wipro Chief Human Resources Officer Saurabh Govil has stressed the importance of upskilling IT professionals in the current economic slowdown and lower hiring environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Govil says the tech industry<\/a><\/strong> has reached a state of “sanity” regarding salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted pay raises in the future will be contingent upon people\u2019s ability to upskill and reskill themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read More: Senior level exits continue at Wipro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n He said: \u201cIn 2021, people had a lot of opportunities, our attrition was high and people were being hired at 30% premiums. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat will not happen now. But now, niche skills like generative AI and cybersecurity will get a premium.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n As generative AI gains momentum, machine automation will take over lower-level tasks like analysis, pushing professionals to engage in more complex work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wipro’s goal<\/a><\/strong> is to automate various functions, including HR operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Read More: Top brass at Wipro takes pay cut<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Govil envisions 80 percent of HR queries will be resolved through bots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hence HR professionals<\/a><\/strong> will focus on coaching managers and leaders in team-building and improved management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While the IT industry is gradually transitioning back to office work, Wipro is calling its employees back to the office three times a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it has not made office attendance mandatory yet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, reminders are being sent to employees regarding the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need Career Advice?<\/strong> Get employment skills advice at all levels of your career<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Govil explained many employees are hesitant to return to the office as they believe working from home does not negatively impact productivity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Currently, some employees are working in the office due to client demands, attending five days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company encourages employees to work in-person not only for their regular tasks but also for training purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wipro was among the first IT companies to request its senior leadership to return to office initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on YouTube<\/strong><\/a>, Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>, and Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wipro Chief Human Resources Officer, Saurabh Govil stresses the importance of upskilling IT professionals in the current economic slowdown and lower hiring environment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2611],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-44791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment-news","category-indian-business-employment-news","tag-salary-increase"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}