According to IT companies associations, employees are now facing stress and psychological problems due to deaths in their families
The second wave of Covid-19 has severely affected the IT sector as several employees or members of their families. With their close ones and relatives getting tested positive or dying due to the virus. It is expected that there will be a 30% drop in productivity in the sector.
According to IT companies associations, employees are now facing stress and psychological problems due to deaths in their families. The IT sector in the state had registered around Rs 1,600–1,800 crore business in 2020-21 fiscal even though the first wave had hit the sector. Most of the employees of the around 200 companies in the state have been working from home since last March.
“Majority of employees of the IT sector are still working from home. They worked extra hours and productivity was not hampered because there were not too many deaths last year. But this year, every employee has either witnessed one or two positive cases in his family, relatives or friends and also deaths, which has shattered their confidence,” O Naresh Kumar, CEO of Symbiosis Technologies, said. According to IT sector sources, the first wave had hit the sector by 15 per cent but this time around it is likely to be more than 30 per cent.