Fresh intake, higher offshoring in IT sector impacting revenue per employee

Adding to this, record number of hiring that the industry did means the bench at companies have gone up.

Higher offshoring, work from anywhere/home, and an all-time high fresher intake in the information-technology (IT) sector have started affecting revenue per employee, a measure of employee productivity.

Rather, revenue per employee at top IT firms has fallen continuously in the last two financial years.

According to industry experts and analysts, shifting work from onsite to near shore and offshore during the pandemic, which has continued to rise, has impacted revenue per employee. Adding to this the record hiring the industry did means the bench at companies has gone up.

Milink Lakkad, chief human relations officer, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), agreed