EY, KPMG back-offices issue advisories on return to work, indicating hybrid model

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EY Global Delivery Services (EY GDS) and KPMG Global Services (KGS) employ around 50,000 people between them in India, providing services to the member firms of their parents, EY and KPMG, globally..

The India-based back-offices of at least two of the Big Four professional services firms have advised select teams to return to offices, indicating that they could be transitioning to a hybrid workplace model in the near term...

Both EY GDS and KPMG have sent emails asking specific teams and newly joined employees to return to office, people in the know said.. KGS in an email asked its consulting teams to return to work from physical offices for at least two days a week from April 3..

ET has seen the mail.. Indias top IT companies Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and Wipro too have sent similar advisories in the past to encourage employees to work from the office a few days every week..

EY GDS too has started asking selective teams and also newly joined employees to return to office from May for a few days in a week, people in the know said..

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