Pay hikes at IT cos to be flat despite turnaround
Polls peg hikes at half of what was given last year
Debojyoti Ghosh &
India’s showpiece information technology and business process outsourcing industry has started to show early signs of a strong turnaround after a long period of uncertainty but employees in the sector will not have much to cheer as salary increases will most likely remain flat for the coming financial year. The IT & BPO sector, which broadly gave a salary increase in the range of 6-8% in 2012-13, will most likely opt for a smaller hike for 2013-14, industry executives and third-party observers have said.
Nandita Gurjar, senior vice-president and group head, human resources, Infosys, said: “According to surveys, there will not be double-digit increases in the industry this year and they expect it to be half of what we gave last year. For Infosys we have not decided anything yet.” The Indian IT industry for long has enjoyed double-digit salary increases every year, sometimes even a biannual hike, but the situation took a dramatic turn since the 2008 financial crisis that engulfed the global economy. Since then, employees have either seen a single-digit hikes in salaries or nothing at all.
Given that 50% of the operating costs of any IT company may be attributed to wages, the industry is wary about giving any salary increase as any change in this parameter could have a wide-ranging impact on them.
“Increments will be low across all industries this year and IT industry is not an exception. The increment will
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