IS INFOSYS LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES IN 2025? INFOSYS FIRES 240 TRAINEES:
Infosys is one of the leading IT company founded by Narayan Murthy. Infosys has experienced a series of workforce reductions in recent quarters. The company has faced some security over laysoff in recent years. This sector experienced a series of workforce reductions in recent quarters, reflecting broader industry trends and internal strategic shifts.
Is Infosys laying off Employees in 2025?
Infosys has recently fired 240 trainees after they failed internal assessment tests, they layoff of over 300 trainees in February. The company is offering affected individuals free upskilling programs through NIIT and upgrad, alongwith outplacement services.
"You have not qualifying the criteria in the generic foundation training program despite the additional preparation time, doubt clearing sessions, several mock assessment and three attempts.As a result, you will not be able to continue your journey for the apprenticeship program" sent the termination letter by email.
Some of trainees that this newspaper spoke to and Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate(NITES), which represents IT professionals claims the number to be around 370.
According to sources, a few hundred more trainees might also be fired as the next batch of trainees are awaiting their results sometime next week.
They started calling 20 people to a meeting room from Friday morning and it end in 4 pm .We received our termination letters and Friday was our last day of working.
System Engineer have been paid Rs 3 lakhs to 3.5 lakhs per annum and we are clueless now as we need to search for a job again, a trainee from Maharashtra said .
A day after Q4 earnings announcement:
The termination also comes a day after Infosys announced its Q4 earnings.
Infosys CEO Salil Parekh at the earnings conference said that the company has a rigorous way to test individuals and that it has been the same for over 20 years now.
He said that the company has supported them and make sure they have other opportunities, sometimes within Infosys and also outside, to ensure" we do everything to get them ready and be at the standard that Infosys has kept."
Meanwhile NITES has submitted a second complaint with the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship against" illegal and unethical layoffs of around 370 trainees by Infosys."
"Apprenticeship is meant to empower and train young professionals, not to exploit them under temporary contracts and discard them without legal recourse," said Harpreet Singh Saluja , president NITES.
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