Why did Bhupendra Vishwakarma give up his job at Infosys after three years, despite not having any alternative offer in hand? Well, if his social-media post is to be believed, he wasn’t treated fairly by his employer. This comes on the heels of all the criticism that Narayana Murthy, chairman, Infosys received for promoting a 70-hour workweek.
Vishwakarma has alleged that Infosys would prefer employees who spoke Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam for promotions and better roles, while Hindi-speaking employees were ignored, “regardless of our performance”.
His post seems to suggest that the “toxic” work culture of Infosys—characterised by often impractical client demands—drove him to resign even though he had no other job in hand. This is clearly a step taken in frustration since Vishwakarma carries the burden of being the only earning member of his family.
He reveals that attrition had reduced the size of the team he was part of at Infosys. Since the company did not fill the vacant posts, the existing team members were asked to share the additional work. They were neither compensated for the extra workload they were bearing nor appreciated or recognised for the same.
With no monetary increment even after being promoted from the role of system engineer to senior system engineer, Vishwakarma felt there was no opportunity for him to grow as a professional in the company, which naturally sapped him of all motivation to work. As if that wasn’t enough, there was high stress too with the slightest of issues or problems in the projects being escalated.
Vishwakarma claims he was put to work on an account which was from profitable. This only added to his feeling of being stuck without direction, staring at a hopeless future, as his work went unrecognised and unrewarded.
His post clearly indicates that he left simply because he wished to retain his dignity and preserve his mental well-being.
