Wipro chairman Rishad Premji said on Wednesday that we have traced 300 employees who were simultaneously working at its rival firm and whose services have been terminated. Wipro and Infosys also released a statement confirming that employees who were moonlighting have been fired.300 moonlighting employees sacked: Wipro chairman Rishad Premji
“Certain employees who were working with a rival firm have been dismissed in circumstances of direct conflict with the interests of Wipro,” the IT firm said. 300 moonlighting employees sacked: Wipro chairman Rishad Premji.
‘No Time Two – No Moonlighting!’ Infosys, India’s second largest IT company, sent a message to employees last week.
Speaking at the All India Management Association’s National Management Conference, Premji said the reality is that today there are people who work for Wipro and those who work directly for its competitor. Moonlighting secretly has a second job. As part of transparency, employees said they can have an honest and open conversation about working at another organization or working on weekends.
The first person to talk about moonlighting in the tech industry was the chairman of Wipro, and Premjee took to Twitter to say that being in one company and working in another is a ‘cheat’. After this, the issue of ‘moonlighting’ has emerged as a topic of great debate in the IT industry. Later, many IT companies warned employees about such practices.
Infosys recently sent an email to its employees saying that dual work is not allowed. Any violation of the terms of the contract may result in termination of employment. It warned that it would trigger disciplinary action.
Speaking at a recent event in Bangalore, former Infosys director T.V. Mohandas Pai, ‘Employment is a contract between two persons and the terms of the contract prevail. If you have to do something else in your free time, make sure you don’t use employer assets, IP and don’t give out confidential information.’
Speaking at a recent event in Bangalore, former Infosys director T.V. Mohandas Pai, ‘Employment is a contract between two persons and the terms of the contract prevail. If you have to do something else in your free time, make sure you don’t use employer assets, IP and don’t give out confidential information.’
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What is moonlighting?
Moonlighting is when employees of listed companies simultaneously work for another company, mainly a competitor. According to the company’s employee code of conduct, an employee is not allowed to work on both sides. Tech companies allege that the number of people moonlighting after Corona is increasing.
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