Thousands of freshers continue to wait to be onboarded by the tech companies they have received their job offers from. As per the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), more than 10,000 fresh graduates are still waiting for their joining dates from Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Zensar and LTIMindtree, as these companies have deferred their onboarding process.
Several complaints have been received from candidates who have their offer letters in hand from various companies.
Interestingly, some of these companies have seen a significant reduction in headcount. In fact, TCS, Infosys and Wipro have reportedly seen a drop of about 64,000 employees in FY23-24.
As per reports in ToI, candidates have been informed by Infosys that dates of joining will be allocated on the basis of business requirements, and that the dates would be communicated three to four weeks before the joining.
Wipro’s employee strength had decreased for the sixth consecutive quarter as was revealed by the IT services giant’s financial report for the period spanning January to March 2024, on 19 April. The company had experienced a net reduction of 6,180 in employee strength. The company is yet to honour the offers made at campuses year before last. Therefore, Wipro is not likely to hire new freshers till those offers are honoured.
Infosys has hired only 11,900 new graduates this year, which is a sharp decline from the 50,000 recruits in the previous fiscal.
Earlier this month, NITES, the IT-sector employee union, had called on the Ministry of Labour and Employment to investigate prolonged onboarding delays for over 2,000 campus recruits by tech giant Infosys. According to NITES, these delays have stretched for more than two years, leaving the affected individuals in a state of uncertainty.
NITES has requested the Ministry to investigate and ensure Infosys honours its obligations. The union demands full salary payments for the period of delay. Furthermore, it has asked for an immediate access to Infosys’s employee- assistance programme to support these recruits’ mental and emotional well-being.
