The rage over Infosys’ unfair termination of hundreds of trainees for failing its internal assessment has not even died down and the company has again let go hundreds on the same grounds.
The latest internal assessment that took place on 18 April saw hundreds of trainees failing and consequently being asked to leave. The IT services company was heavily criticised when it let go 300 to 400 trainees at its Mysuru campus for failing to clear the internal assessment.
Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) had at the time written to the Ministry of Labour seeking intervention to ensure justice for the laid-off freshers. The layoff and ensuing media attention had put Infosys’ hiring procedures and labour-law compliance under the spotlight in February 2025.
Now, two months later, NITES has been forced to file yet another complaint with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, calling the move “illegal and unethical.” This is the third complaint being filed against the tech major in about seven months. The first was in October 2024 over the unfair layoff of 700 trainees, followed by another round of over 300-350 terminations of freshers in March 2025.
As per the complaint, the company continues to break rules and has failed to communicate with the Apprenticeship Adviser. No formal investigation has been done to look into the alleged poor performance of the laid-off trainees. The termination orders have not come from any authorized leaders as per the standard practice/rules.
Post the internal assessment, the trainees were informed by mail that they had failed to meet the “qualifying criteria” in the training programme despite having been granted additional time to prepare and clarify doubts and take mock tests. These employees were also reminded that they were given a chance to attempt the test thrice and were being terminated because they failed despite these opportunities.
Reports say that the trainees were asked to surrender their official phones and devices and asked to pen their resignation letters by the HR.
Some of the trainees have reportedly shared that they were not trained adequately for the assessments and that they were not granted enough time to prepare for the repeat attempts/assessments either.
To those affected, including the trainees let go in the first round, Infosys has reportedly offered generic training courses with NIIT and UpGrad, free of cost. The company has offered to pay them a month’s salary, accommodation and travel allowance.
