BENGALURU: Staff at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp's India and the Philippines centre, up to associate level, will get extra salary in April, chief executive Brian Humphries said in a note to employees.
The US-headquartered company said the extra money, at 25% of base pay, is in recognition of the hardship the employees and their families face as they work from home in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This will apply to more than two-thirds of the India workforce. “This will be processed with your April paycheck, and we will be reviewing this approach monthly," Humphries said.
Cognizant has over 2 lakh employees in India, next only to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)which has a global headcount of more than 4 lakh, majority of which