Indian multinational IT conglomerate HCL Technologies has claimed that it is shifting workload from India to other geographies in order to sustain business continuity amid the second wave of record-high Covid cases. The company has claimed that it is engaging closely with clients to prioritize work. The company is expecting to register double-digit growth in FY22 revenues. In a PTI report, HCL Technologies President and CEO C Vijayakumar said the company is working with clients to prioritize important work.

We already have almost 30% of our workforces present outside India. Some geographies have stabilized and their vaccination levels are very high, so they are taking a little more load. Everybody's very understanding of the situation, clients and our employees in other geographies," he added.

The company is hopeful of the situation starting to moderate over the next couple of weeks. "Clients are very understanding and supportive. And we are working with them to see how, if there is a shortfall of people in certain operations, what can we do to offset that, how can we prioritise some work over the other...very active conversations happen on a continuous basis," Vijayakumar said.

"A lot of the first-line help is provided to HCL employees and their families through the helpline that we've set up...We have an active vaccination campaign, including on our campus. We have set up facilities in some of the locations. We're slowly getting to all the locations where we can make it easier for people to get vaccinated," the top executive said.

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