Mindtree employees worry over work culture shift as L&T takes charge

In the first ever hostile takeover in the domestic IT industry, L&T has acquired a controlling stake of around 60 per cent in Mindtree

For most Mindtree employees, it’s business as usual on the main campus in Bengaluru despite the company going through a change of ownership. The only concern for them is whether L&T, with majority control, will maintain the work culture of Mindtree or try to impose its own on this mid-tier information technology firm.

“I am not thinking about job security. The only thing that bothers me is whether the work culture which I enjoy in Mindtree will continue under the new promoter or not,” said a 20-something IT engineer who’s worked with Mindtree for about 18 months. His concern is