India – Infosys sticks to its target of hiring: 35,000 jobs

Software services major Infosys on Thursday said it will stick to its target of hiring

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35,000 people this fiscal but is not looking at wage hikes for now. The hiring plan, which includes 13,000 jobs for its BPO operations, will be adhered to despite an uncertain global economic growth environment and the wage-hike freeze.

“We are going to add 35,000 more people this year, the same number as we guided last quarter for the full year,” Infosys Chief Financial Officer V Balakrishnan said here, after the first quarter results announcement.

The number includes 13,000 people for the BPO operations, he added…

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