Infosys lays off 240 trainees on failing to clear internal test

TWO months after firing nearly 400 trainees from its Mysuru campus, IT services firm Infosys has again laid off another 240 trainees after they failed to clear internal assessments.

- UMA KANNAN @ Bengaluru

All these trainees were recruited in October last year. As per sources, a few hundred more trainees might be fired as the next batch is awaiting their results next week. A couple of trainees this newspaper spoke to and Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), which represents IT professionals, claim the number to be around 370. "They started calling 20 people (in batches) to a meeting room from Friday morning and it went on till 4 pm. We received termination letter and Friday was our last working day. T