Flipkart ends remote work policy; employees asked to return to office five days a week

Walmart-owned Flipkart has scrapped its remote work policy, directing employees to return to office five days a week, marking a decisive shift in its post-pandemic workplace strategy. The ecommerce major had adopted work-from-home in 2020 as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, when companies across sectors transitioned to remote work en masse. Over the past year, Flipkart had gradually been nudging its corporate workforce back to office, mirroring a broader trend among tech firms.

“At Flipkart, the vast majority of our employees and contractual/gig…