HDFC Bank offers two WFH days for some staff, a move as bold as a beige sofa. This isn’t progress; it is corporate performativity.
FO Take · Score 20
HDFC Bank’s two-day WFH policy for “select staff” is a pathetic, risk-averse gesture. It demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of flexible work’s potential, offering crumbs while pretending it’s a feast. True flexibility empowers all, not a chosen few under restrictive, arbitrary rules. Is this really the future, or just a pastiche of progress?
The strongest counter
Any move towards hybrid work, however small, is a positive step for a large institution like HDFC. It builds precedent and slowly shifts culture.
