Infosys to shift a third of 320,000 staff into specialist roles; here’s why

Infosys is looking to transition anywhere between a quarter to a third of its workforce into specialist positions and also create a team of about 6,000 frontier engineers, according to people who attended a recent company event where the plans were discussed.Infosys has more than 320,000 employees, but the growing impact of AI on billing models based on the number of people deployed on projects is putting pressure on the traditional headcount-driven pricing structure.An Infosys executive's presentation showed that 270,000 employees had received AI training, while 80,000 were engaged in working with coding tools.Infosys hiring and specialist workforce plansThe Bengaluru-headquartered IT services company is recruiting talent from leading Indian institutes as well as US campuses, with the company often competing with AI labs for the same pool of candidates.The management shared these details with partners, advisers and analysts during a three-day annual Americas Confluence held in Washington, DC, last week,…