Infosys has asked more employees to spend time in the office, extending its four day a week requirement to staff at job level 6A and above. Until now, this rule applied mainly to senior managers and directors at level 7 and higher. Recent HR emails told JL6+ employees that they must be in the office four days each week, after some were found to be falling short of the minimum 10 days a month attendance requirement.
The company said HR managers will review monthly return-to-office data, and stressed that managers should lead by example in following hybrid work rules.
Infosys continues to promote a mix of office and remote work, saying this model supports collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.
Infosys job levels are split into two bands, A and B, with promotions moving employees from band A to the next level. While employees previously had the flexibility to choose any 10 days in a month to come in, the new emails make it clear that attendance must be spread across all four weeks.
The move is part of a broader push by the Bengaluru based software giant to increase office presence.
Infosys has not commented publicly on the change, but the new rules suggest the company is gradually extending stricter office attendance requirements to more levels of employees.
In January this year, Infosys had rolled out a revised work model that placed stronger emphasis on office attendance while continuing to allow limited flexibility. The updated framework reflected a wider reset underway across India’s IT services sector, as companies moved beyond the pandemic-led expansion of remote work and redefine long-term workplace expectations.
Under the new structure, most employees were required to work from a company office for at least 10 days each month. Hybrid work remained in place, but the scope for working remotely had been narrowed. The company had introduced a clear ceiling on work-from-home allowances, limiting them to five days in a quarter. Any requirement beyond this threshold had to be approved by the reporting manager and was intended only for exceptional situations.
