K'taka State Labour Dept Gets Tough on Infosys

Infosys had kicked out over 300 freshers, trainees it had onboarded into the company at its Mysuru campus

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

One of brand Bengaluru's key elements representing the Information Technology arena, Infosys, has been pulled up by the state government's Labour Department for its indiscriminate sacking of freshers and trainees it had hired a couple of years ago but onboarded just a few months ago.

The company recently terminated the services of over 300 freshers and trainees it had hired for its Mysuru campus and asked them to leave within hours. Many of them, being from other states, were shocked and aghast as they had nowhere to go at such a short notice. No amount of pleadings and arguments could help either as the company hired bouncers and security personnel to drive them out of the campus by evening of the D-Day.

This mass sacking brought huge negative media for Infosys and its founder NR Naranamurthy, who has been in the news for advocating long work hours (70 hours per week to be precise). The negative sentiments against the company refuse to go away as the IT workforce comprising youth and engineering students from across the country took to social media to vent their frustration and anger.