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Slow Down in IT Sector:May Shed 30 K to 40 K Staff:Pai

(Bengaluru) Slow Down in IT Sector:May Shed 30 K to 40 K Staff
India’s information technology services companies may shed 30,000 to 40,000 middle-level employees this year as growth slows down, IT industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai said Monday.
The former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Ltd termed these job losses as once-in-five-years normal phenomenon with maturing of the industry.
“As in all sectors in the West, in India too when a sector matures so many people will be there in the middle level who will not be adding value to the salary they get,” Pai told PTI.
Promotions are okay when companies are growing fast but when it slows down, people getting fat salaries will aggregate at the higher level, prompting companies to periodically reset their pyramids, and shedding people, he said.
Pai said about 80 per cent of those who lose jobs would have employment opportunities in industries in general if they are specialists