“These delays, lasting more than two years, have caused serious problems for these new employees. Many turned down other job offers because they believed in DXC Technology’s promises. Now, they are struggling financially and are unsure about their future because they haven’t started working yet. DXC Technology’s actions have broken the trust of these young professionals. They expected a smooth start to their careers, but instead, they are left waiting,” said Harpreet Singh Saluja, president at NITES.
These young professionals’ well-being and careers are at risk. We have asked the ministry to act quickly to protect them and make sure they are not unfairly punished because of DXC Technology’s delays, Saluja added.
Data from the IT employee union NITES showed that India’s leading IT firms including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro and LTIMindtree have delayed joining dates of than 10,000 freshers.
Recently NITES pointed to repeated delays of onboarding of over 2,000 campus recruits by Bengaluru IT giant Infosys demanding the affected professionals be given full salary payments for the period during which the onboarding has been delayed.
It has also batted for providing these recruits with immediate access to Infosys’ employee assistance programme to address the mental and emotional strain caused by the delay.
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A global slowdown in tech spending and uncertainty in the demand environment had hit India’s over $250 billion IT services industry in FY24, leading to muted business growth and forcing companies to cut jobs and reduce hiring.From April 2023 to March 2024, data shows that five of India’s top six IT majors witnessed a drop of over 73,600 employees.
