Brand Case Study #15
Infosys, the Indian tech giants,
has promised, under political pressure, to hire 10,000 American workers over
the next two years. The company will accomplish this by launching four new
technology hubs in the U.S., with the first set to open in Indiana which is
supposed to create 2000 jobs.
The company’s announcement comes
two weeks after President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to review how
H-1B visas are distributed.
Indian IT firms like Infosys, Wipro
and Tata Consultancy rely heavily on the H-1B program to bring in workers and
are eager to gain favor with U.S. politicians.
While no changes have been made yet
to the H-1B program under the current administration, Infosys has been treading
carefully. It is reported that the company plans to apply for just under 1,000
H-1B visas this year, a dramatic decrease from 6,500 applications in 2016 and
9,000 applications in 2015.
It is fair to assume that Infosys
has taken this offensive by emphasizing its long presence in the U.S. Founded
in 1981 in Pune, India, Infosys opened its first international office in Boston
six years later.
The planned opening of its four new
technology hubs “comes as part of Infosys’ continued legacy of a three-decade
long investment across the U.S.
Further, Infosys pursues its
mission of inspiring children, young adults and educators to become creators of
technology through its charitable foundation Infosys USA. Since 2015, it is
estimated that more than 134,000 students, over 2,500 teachers, and almost
2,500 schools across American have benefited from high quality computer
science training and classroom equipment funded by Infosys Foundation U.S.
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