Employees are mostly worried about what impact this could have on their incentive structures or promotions
Legal experts fear such shareholder activism could turn into a class-action suit against Infosys
Infosys might have to prepare itself to lose clients and key executives who supported the software-plus-services model that former chief executive Vishal Sikka had pioneered, as they become easy targets for rivals to poach in an uncertain business environment, company insiders and experts said.The biggest challenge would be for Infosys to represent its digital technology strengths, which Sikka personally drove for pure digital projects in the US, its main market. Over the last few months, Infosys has lost several senior people in the US, who were driving client relationships, including its America's head Sandeep Dadlani. This had pushed Sikka to engage with clients and now his exit would open a front for competitors to exploit the situation."Clients want stability. The situation in Infosys, despite the public posturing by the management, is one of loss of confidence. You will see lots of poaching (of both people and clients) happening from Infosys," said a senior executive of a rival .