Andhracafe.com- Hyderabad : Keeping in lines with the guidance of hiring 25,000 people in FY07, Infosys Technologies has added 8,097 employees during the first quarter. It has also announced a hike in salaries for the freshers from the next fiscal.

The software major would be adding around 7,000 people in the second quarter and the remaining 10,000 in the last two quarters of the current fiscal. Infosys with large majority of employees in the fresher category will be raising the salaries for this category by 12.5% in FY08.

During the quarter, Progeon ( BPO subsidiary of Infosys) had an 1,700 addition taking its total number to over 8,000.