Good news for Infosys: Techies can use Facebook, Twitter at work but condition applies

Bangalore, Sept 24: Infosys techies received another good news from the newly appointed President of the company -- Vishal Sikka. Now, the techies and other employees of the company can use social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter at work.

However, Sikka set a condition for the employees before using Facebook and Twitter at work. He said that get the job done and use the social networking sites during office timing.

According to experts, this is one of the approaches by Infosys to revive the financial fortunes of the IT giant. It is known that Infosys has been running as a conservative company, keeping strict tabs on work hours and sometimes fining employees.

Now, after Sikka's entry into the Infosys world, an official of the company was quoted as saying, "These changes might not look big or material, but he's trying to tell people this is a start, bigger things are on their way."

To maintain a more employee-friendly workplace, Sikka reportedly planned to allow 160,000 employees to tweet from their personal devices at work from October 2014.

Besides being given easier access to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, employees at Infosys are treated to team lunches and they also get frequent mails from their CEO.

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