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Updated on: Jul 2023

Industry

TCS delays the onboarding of lateral recruits for - months

Jul 11, 2023

IT Freshers Waiting For More Than Year To Get Onboarded

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate NITES conducted a poll that revealed that ...

Industry

Mar 5, 2023

IT Freshers Waiting For More Than Year To Get Onboarded

Infosys top execs took pay cuts but honoured all job offers amid Dotcom bust

According to Money Control reports, at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum Narayana Murthy Infos...

Industry

Mar 3, 2023

Infosys top execs took pay cuts but honoured all job offers amid Dotcom bust

Freshers at Mphasis left stranded as offer letters are about to expire

Due to economic uncertainty, the companies have delayed the onboarding of employees, now an Indian I...

Industry

Feb 25, 2023

Freshers at Mphasis left stranded as offer letters are about to expire

Compensation

Wipro cuts freshers’ pay by 50% amid onboarding delays

An Indian multinational corporation, Wipro has reduced the employee’s salary by 50 percent from Rs 6.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh per annum. Wipro provides training to freshers employees. This gives an opportunity to the Elite fresher candidate to upgrade to the ‘Turbo’ category. This also upgrades the salary package of employees. Now, As per […]

Feb 21, 2023

Industry

Amazon delays the onboarding of graduates

According to reports, The e-commerce company, Amazon has delayed the joining dates for some university graduates until the end of 2023 due to cost-cutting efforts. The onboarding of the employees was expected to be completed by May this year. However, the company didn’t reveal the exact number of employees affected due to the delay in […]

Dec 17, 2022

Industry

Wipro to onboard freshers in phases

According to TOI, an Indian IT major, Wipro has sent a communication to campus recruits that it will be onboarding the fresher candidates in a phased manner. Over the past couple of months, freshers have been complaining that IT companies have been delaying the onboarding process for more than six months. Wipro in the mail said, […]

Dec 9, 2022

Industry

Delay in onboarding has happened before- Ex- HCL CEO Vineet Nayar

While commenting on the delay in onboarding, former HCL Tech CEO Vineet Nayar said that delay in onboarding has happened before. Former HCL Tech CEO Vineet Nayar said, “This, delay in onboarding, has happened multiple times when there are twists and turns in the demand environment. This has happened before as well when there is […]

Nov 23, 2022

Industry

L&T onboards more than 3,000 fresh engineers

An Indian multinational conglomerate company, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has hired more than 3,000 graduate and postgraduate engineering trainees in the current financial year. The onboarding of the engineers is more than three-fold rise as against 1,067 trainees last fiscal. Executive Vice President & Head, Corporate Human Resource of L&T Group, C Jayakumar said, “It is […]

Nov 22, 2022

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 […]

Oct 15, 2022

Industry

After Wipro-Infosys, Accenture also delays onboarding of freshers

A global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security, Accenture has delayed the onboarding of fresh hires to 2023. Due to this, freshers are now worried about their career gaps. An engineering graduate told Businessline, “I received my (Accenture) offer letter in the last week of April. My onboarding is being […]

Oct 8, 2022

Industry

Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra cancel offer letters of many freshers

IT majors of India Wipro, Infosys, and Tech Mahindra have revoked the offer letters issued to many freshers candidates. Initially, these companies delayed the onboarding process for several months. Students have received a letter stating that their employment letter is being revoked. The Tech companies have been revoked on grounds of failing certain eligibility criteria […]

Oct 3, 2022

Industry

Infosys, HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra accused for delay in onboarding

The Job applicants have accused Infosys, HCL Tech, and Tech Mahindra for the delay in their onboarding process. It was earlier reported that Wipro had postponed the joining date of its more than 2000 students/employees, despite their compliance with its assessment guidelines. Post this Capgemini also delayed the onboarded IT professionals. Harpreet Singh Saluja, President […]

Sep 27, 2022

Industry

NITES goes to Labour Ministry against Wipro

The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) on Saturday sought the prompt intervention of Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bhupendra Yadav to take necessary action against Wipro which has been postponing the joining date of its more than 2000 students/employees, despite their compliance with its assessment guidelines. “The joining of these employees was […]

Sep 26, 2022

Culture & Behaviour

Onboarding Experience That Can Be Catalyst to Retain New Hires

The old saying still holds true: “You never get a second chance to make the first impression”. Organizations year-on-year welcome new hires from the industry and from campus with an endeavour to create a workforce culture that is highly engaging and that resonates with the vision and goals of the organization. While there’s no second thought that […]

Aug 1, 2022

Talent Acquisition

Creating Hiring and Onboarding Experience That Matter

The last 2 years have been what I call years of “Tech HR Advancement with human-centric design”. Most organization and human resources function moved from traditional recruitment and onboarding techniques to new age, high-speed, tech-enabled platforms. Speed, Scale, and Security were fundamental pillars that required this shift to happen. Candidates are now yearning for that […]

Jul 28, 2022