PUNE: The revenue division’s decision to allow companies in the IT zone of Hinjewadi to operate is a non-starter.
In his video address on Wednesday, Pune divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar said the companies willing to start in the Hinjewadi IT zone could function, but they will have keep their employees on the campus.
He added that the companies could not call employees to work from the sealed areas in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits.
A senior IT company executive said the permission could have meant bringing back those employees back to work who were not allowed by the clients to work from home or those employed in BPO/KPO operations. “But the need to stay at office clause and no employees from PCMC/PMC meant that the entire plan is a non-starter,” he said.
According to IT companies, over 85% of the 1.8 lakh direct and 1.2 indirect staffers working in the $5 billion IT zone stay either in the PCMC or the PMC limits. Few employees have taken homes in some new projects in Hinjewadi. But the human resource executives remained unclear if they would be allowed to come and return unhindered.
The move to quickly open offices is important for the BPO and KPO staffers, who are not authorised to work from home and are required to liaison real-time with the clients.
“Our office told us to come on April 20. But then the lockdown was made stricter for eight days. We have now been given a new work date of April 27. We are still not sure, if we can attend because the entire PCMC area is under containment,” said Kannan S, a BPO employee.
Several IT companies, in the meantime, are sending out feelers to people, who are yet to start remote working, if they can join back next week. “I told them that I am ready. But the police should allow us to go,” said Alok Nair, an IT employee.
In his video address on Wednesday, Pune divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar said the companies willing to start in the Hinjewadi IT zone could function, but they will have keep their employees on the campus.
He added that the companies could not call employees to work from the sealed areas in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) limits.
A senior IT company executive said the permission could have meant bringing back those employees back to work who were not allowed by the clients to work from home or those employed in BPO/KPO operations. “But the need to stay at office clause and no employees from PCMC/PMC meant that the entire plan is a non-starter,” he said.
According to IT companies, over 85% of the 1.8 lakh direct and 1.2 indirect staffers working in the $5 billion IT zone stay either in the PCMC or the PMC limits. Few employees have taken homes in some new projects in Hinjewadi. But the human resource executives remained unclear if they would be allowed to come and return unhindered.
The move to quickly open offices is important for the BPO and KPO staffers, who are not authorised to work from home and are required to liaison real-time with the clients.
“Our office told us to come on April 20. But then the lockdown was made stricter for eight days. We have now been given a new work date of April 27. We are still not sure, if we can attend because the entire PCMC area is under containment,” said Kannan S, a BPO employee.
Several IT companies, in the meantime, are sending out feelers to people, who are yet to start remote working, if they can join back next week. “I told them that I am ready. But the police should allow us to go,” said Alok Nair, an IT employee.
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