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Infosys is the largest employer of workers under the U.S. H1-B
visa program for skilled workers, which has been under fire as
the Trump Administration moves to tighten a range of immigration
laws. Many large companies hire so-called outsourcing firms such
as Infosys to manage their computer operations.
Infosys announced three weeks ago that it would hire 10,000
Americans, and said on Monday that it had leased 35,000 square
feet of office space in downtown Indianapolis.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, who succeeded Vice President Mike
Pence in the state's top office, and Indiana University
President Michael McRobbie appeared at the San Francisco event
to voice their support.
Ravi Kumar, Infosys's deputy chief operating officer, said the
company will be looking to hire both experienced professionals
and recent college graduates at a range of skill levels.
Each month, Kumar said, the company plans to put large batches
of prospective employees through training courses of eight to 10
weeks that will prepare them for positions in fields like data
analytics, enterprise cloud applications and cybersecurity.
Kumar said the new moves did not reflect any major change in the
company's business model, with U.S. workers being compensated at
the same level as H1-B visa professionals.
The company also used the meeting to highlight the launch of
Infosys Nia, a new artificially intelligent service that is
designed to allow IT professionals to automate more of their
tasks. Infosys stressed that AI and automation are the future of
technology, and that innovations in these areas will allow
enterprises to be more productive without having to hire more
people.
"If problem solving is going to be done by machines, then
problem finding is the human frontier," said Infosys CEO Vishal
Sikka in his keynote.
(Reporting by Salvador Rodriguez; Editing by Jonathan Weber)
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