Wipro adds 3,000 US hands in FY17

BENGALURU: Wipro hired 3,000 workers in the US in FY17, taking its total headcount in the country to over 14,000, the company said in its annual report.

The Bengaluru-headquartered IT company had said over half of its headcount in the US will be local workers at the end of first quarter of FY18.

Indian IT companies have been boosting their headcount in the US as they adjust to the possibility of changes to the H-1B visa programme on which they are dependent.



“In FY17, Wipro added two more major multi-client delivery centers in Mountain View, California and Farmington Hills, Michigan. During the year, over 3,000 local employees joined Wipro in the US and today, Wipro has a workforce of over 14,000 in the US. We are driving increased localisation and expect to have a majority of our US workforce as local employees soon,” Abidali Neemuchwala, the CEO of Wipro, said in his letter to stakeholders. About 49 Wipro employees earned more than Rs 1 crore as their salaries in FY17.