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posted by n1 on Saturday May 20 2017, @06:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the $15/hr dept.

Once India's global claim to fame, the country's information technology (IT) sector is seeing a spate of layoffs by IT majors like Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Infosys and Cognizant.

The churn in the IT sector — which is moving towards increasing automation, use of artificial intelligence and is beset by tightening visa regulations — is likely to affect mid-level employees with 10-15 years of experience the most, as many are averse to learning new skills, industry experts have said.

Further, Indian IT firms are witnessing their slowest growth in a decade, while global firms are shifting their budgets from traditional IT services to newer areas such as digital and cloud, which require engineers to engage with clients instead of working remotely. Even as this shift takes hold of the sector, automation is increasingly taking over low-end maintenance work, forcing companies to shift workers to other projects and reduce hiring from campuses.


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by linkdude64 on Saturday May 20 2017, @07:09PM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Saturday May 20 2017, @07:09PM (#512679)

    I still really hope that sometime in the future there is some form of software/IT unionization effort - the problem is that unions only came to be in the US due to the massive domestic manufacturing presence which couldn't leave at the time.

    Currently, with borders so porous both technologically and legislatively, it would be impossible for the talented and dedicated software writers in any country to collectively stand up for themselves against the poor working conditions, high expectations, unreasonable demands, etc., that are often set on them. Globalism has possibly affected IT workers worse than any other profession, I think we just don't hear about their plight in the news like we do for mining or manufacturing due to the fact that IT/Software writers never had a union to begin with, and so have no money or representatives in any media or political circles. Every shred of advocacy for them is left to the figureheads of major tech companies, which is a textbook example of a wolf guarding a hen house.

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