While the rhetoric has subdued, differences between the founders of Infosys and its present management are yet to be fully resolved. Stakeholders will be hoping that happens swiftly as business must take precedence
Vishal Sikka, who has returned Infosys to growth rates that no longer lag the industry, has termed the discord between the board and the founders “a distraction”
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Look, we trust our CEO… Vishal Sikka is doing a good job.”
“Look at what’s happened at Tata… they removed the chairman himself. So it’s not like these things are only at Infosys. This doesn’t distract us.”
“Our CEO has sent us an email that this is all fake news,” added a third Infosys staffer, agreeing with other colleagues that it’s business as usual when it comes to getting through their day: “See, our work is undisturbed,” another employee added. “This [problem] is at the board level.”
It’s not that they were going to rant and rave about the headline-grabbing friction between the board and the company’s founders, but within the Infosys headquarters in Electronics City, Bengaluru, several employees that Forbes India spoke to appeared unfazed. Of course, most declined to comment.
To be sure, the founders have not expressed doubts over Sikka’s strategy for Infosys
(This story appears in the 17 March, 2017 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)