2022: When the pendulum moved from great resignation to great return

The controls are back with employers, and WFO with a degree of flexibility is the office-way for now

The year started with a bang for Yogini Patil (name changed), a techie from Pune, even as India battled against the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid-19. With multiple offer letters – some that promised phenomenal salary hikes of up to 80 per cent –  Patil and her friends were spoilt for choice.

Big tech companies had made it bigger during the pandemic, employees were being rewarded and talent was in demand like never before. And then Russia invaded Ukraine. The pandemic, too, showed signs of receding. The outlook for the sector dimmed.

For Patil and her friends, the picture