New Delhi: Amid the outcry over recent layoffs of more than 300 freshers in its Mysuru campus, IT services company Infosys on Wednesday categorically denied the allegations of using force or intimidation tactics while asking the trainees to leave over performance-related issues. The IT giant said it was briefing the labour department authorities.
While speaking to PTI, Shaji Mathew, Chief Human Resources Officer at Infosys, accepted that the assessment failure percentages this time was “slightly higher” than in the past. When asked to comment on whether the Mysuru campus episode will negatively impact the company’s image, Mathew said the IT firm’s plans to recruit 20,000 freshers for 2025-26 are on track.
Infosys denies using force, intimidation tactics
The Infosys official dismissed the allegations that the company changed the syllabus, testing parameters, assessment criteria and also resorted to intimidation to fire the 300 trainees plus at Mysuru campus recently.
“It is in the interest of Infosys to see that all these people are successful, and that is when we are able to put them into our projects. There is training investment that goes in and we also pay them salary during the training…It is not in the interest of the company to let any of these people go…It is a loss to them of course, it is a loss to us as well,” he said.
He reiterated the company’s official stance that the particular trainees were not able to clear internal assessments after three attempts.
Commenting on the Union Labour Ministry’s direction to Karnataka state labour department to take action against Infosys, Mathew said the Infosys is cooperating with the Labour Department.
“Yes, the Labour Department has been in touch with us, they wanted to understand our training process and the assessment etc and we have taken (them) through the entire training process, the assessment, and how this is a critical part of developing the future talent, not just for Infosys, but even for the entire IT industry.
“They have been quite supportive, and I think they understand the entire process that we have been going through in terms of training and assessment, all of that. So we have cooperated with them so far…and there has been no further ask from their side,” Mathew said.
Infosys refuted claims of coercion in the recent dismissal of over 300 trainees from its Mysuru campus. The company attributes the layoffs to repeated assessment failures, stating it’s cooperating fully with the Labour Department’s investigation. Biz News Business News – Personal Finance News, Share Market News, BSE/NSE News, Stock Exchange News Today
