Hyderabad IT employees log into WFH mode amid heavy rainfall alerts

Time of India

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Hyderabad: For a change, the usually traffic-jammed roads of Hyderabad's bustling IT hubs, such as HiTeC City and Financial District, wore a deserted look on Wednesday as techies logged into worked from home (WFH) mode due to heavy rainfall alerts.
"Based on the weather alerts and advisories issued by the authorities, we sent out emails to our employees this morning suggesting WFH and to avoid venturing out of home unless absolutely necessary," said the top honcho of a US-based financial services giant.
An IT professional commuting to Financial District pointed to the stark difference in weekday traffic. "The roads are usually packed on Wednesday mornings as most employees, even those on hybrid work mode, tend to work on this day of the week.
But today, the traffic was fantastic," he said.
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This was the result of IT bodies such as Nasscom and Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA) relaying advisories, issued by the authorities, to their member companies to adopt remote work policies wherever feasible.
"After receiving advisories from the IT department on Tuesday night suggesting WFH for Wednesday, we sent out emails to our members early today morning suggesting remote work," said a HYSEA official.
"We advised our member companies to ask their employees to adhere to the advisories issued by the authorities for Wednesday and Thursday," said a Nasscom official.
In cases where employees did head to the office, companies urged them to head back home by lunchtime due to the downpour alerts being flashed by the authorities. "We were instructed to return home after lunch and continue working remotely from home," said a techie working with an IT services firm.
During the day, Cyberabad Police Commissioner Avinash Mohanty, who is also the chairman of the Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC), conducted a virtual meeting with over 100 IT industry honchos and other stakeholders, advising companies to minimise employee movement even on Thursday to prevent any unwanted incidents.
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