Infosys: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: Nov 2022
Infosys is hiring for various roles including freshers, WFH; apply
Hiring

Infosys is hiring for various roles including freshers, WFH; apply

India’s second-largest IT major, Infosys is hiring professionals for various profiles globally including in India across the country. Infosys is giving competitive compensation revisions to its employees. The company is also planning to increase its hiring target ahead. IT giant is looking to hire more than 50,000 employees in FY23 as against 85,000 it hired in FY22. […]

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IBM India MD sends strong note on moonlighting
Industry

IBM India MD sends strong note on moonlighting

Global tech major, IBM which employs over lakh individuals in India, has sent a strong message dissuading employees from moonlighting without following due process. In India, as per the Labour Law, if you are fully employed, you cannot have your own business or even work elsewhere. Most private organizations also have policies that prohibit moonlighting and take strict […]

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Moonlighting – Should Companies Embrace or Fight This?
Culture & Behaviour

Moonlighting – Should Companies Embrace or Fight This?

Let’s first understand what Moonlighting is, as many of you may not be familiar with this. The term Moonlighting is to refer people taking up a second job or side gig apart from their regular job. This term has come from the historical practice of people picking up additional work after their regular hours of […]

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Infosys allows employees to take up ‘gig jobs’
Industry

Infosys allows employees to take up ‘gig jobs’

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys has allowed employees to take up ‘gig jobs’ along with their current jobs. The company did not define ‘gig’ work nor did it term it as ‘moonlighting‘. The company has clarified and added that if an employee is taking any ‘gig jobs’ it should be with the prior consent […]

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Infosys confirms 10-13% salary hike, embarks on wage cost battle
Compensation

Infosys confirms 10-13% salary hike, embarks on wage cost battle

According to a mint report, an Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys Ltd has confirmed the salary hike for employees. The increments depend on an employee’s grade, with the senior management receiving lower salary hikes as their salaries are high. Infosys has added that a section of top performers receives 20-25% increments. However, it further […]

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Professionals moonlighting should leave Karnataka: IT Minister
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Professionals moonlighting should leave Karnataka: IT Minister

In India, as per the Labour Law, if you are fully employed, you cannot have your own business or even work elsewhere. Most private organizations also have policies that prohibit moonlighting and take strict action against employees who are taking up outside second jobs. According to TOI report, C N Ashwath Narayan – Karnataka‘s minister for IT, electronics […]

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Infosys, Wipro, TCS, and HCL hired 105,000 freshers this year
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Infosys, Wipro, TCS, and HCL hired 105,000 freshers this year

The top four IT service providers, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, and HCL all together have on-boarded over 1,05,000 freshers in 2022. The IT majors are expected to hire a total of 1.57 lakh freshers by end of this fiscal. The company’s attrition rate has also decreased marginally. Nilanjan Roy, Chief Financial Officer, Infosys said, “We have already hired 40,000 freshers out of […]

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Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar S to join Cognizant
C-Suite Move

Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar S to join Cognizant

Former Infosys President Ravi Kumar S who recently resigned from the company after serving for 6 years will be joining as the President of Cognizant Americas. According to an internal communication issued by CEO Brian Humphries, Ravi Kumar S will join Cognizant on January 16, 2023. “Ravi will be responsible for the strategic direction and […]

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Biweekly Major C-Suite Movements, October 2022
C-Suite Move

Biweekly Major C-Suite Movements, October 2022

Here’re quick details of the major C-suite movements from Oct 1 to Oct 15, 2022, that includes companies such as IndiGo, HCLTech, Adani Group, Azure Power, Infosys, Cornerstone India, PwC, and Mondelez International. INDIGO APPOINTS SUKHJIT PASRICHA AS GROUP CHRO India’s largest passenger airline, IndiGo appoints Sukhjit S Pasricha as the Group Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), effective November 1, 2022. […]

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Accenture and Mindtree also delay onboarding fresh hires
Industry

Accenture and Mindtree also delay onboarding fresh hires

A global technology consulting and services company, Mindtree has delayed the onboarding of employees by 10 months. The job claimant has been waiting for onboarding since January. Accenture reportedly confirmed hiring in April but is delaying the onboarding till 2023. According to reports, freshers who got the offer letter from the company earlier in the year […]

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Infosys didn’t mandate return to office, will continue flexible working
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Infosys didn’t mandate return to office, will continue flexible working

India’s second-largest IT service provider Company, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said that the company will continue its flexible approach, Infosys is not setting any days for employees to work from the office s the current work model has worked well for the company. Currently, the company does not favor calling employees back to the office. CEO Salil […]

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Infosys layoffs employees for moonlighting
Layoffs

Infosys layoffs employees for moonlighting

An Indian multinational information technology company, Infosys has fired a few employees in recent months for moonlighting. However, the exact numbers are not mentioned. CEO Salil Parekh said, “If we have found employees doing work in two different companies, where there are confidentiality issues, we have let them go in the last 12 months.” However, Parekh also said […]

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