Wipro scanner on contract staffing after TCS scandal

The IT sector is one of the largest recruiters from engineering colleges but may slash campus hiring by 40%

- Devina Sengupta

Wipro has intensified its checks on contract hiring, after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) sacked six employees and blacklisted an equal number of staffing firms for alleged lapses.

"We are continuously looking at vendors. The process was stringent and we are making it more periodic and bringing in higher frequency of performance checks—more periodic rigour in managing vendors," Saurabh Govil, chief human resources officer for Wipro told Mint.

Govil explained that the IT services firm ensures that procurement and resource management group executives, who are key in getting contract staffing vendors on board, get moved across teams and even locations every 3-4 years.