Wipro fired 300 staff found working with rivals at same time, says Rishad Premji

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• Sep 21, 2022 | Guriya Khatun

The Wipro Chairman insisted that he still stands by his recent assertion that moonlighting constitutes a grave breach of integrity.

Digital Desk: According to Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji, 300 of its employees were let go after the company discovered they were concurrently employed by a rival.

The Wipro Chairman insisted that he still stands by his recent assertion that moonlighting constitutes a grave breach of integrity.

Premji said at the AIMA's (All India Management Association) National Management Convention, "The reality is that there are people working for Wipro today who are also working directly for one of our competitors, and we have actually uncovered 300 people who are doing just that."

When asked about the actions taken against employees who were found to be working simultaneously for the company and for rivals, Premji said that their employment had been terminated for a "act of integrity violation."

Moonlighting is the term for working a second job covertly. He said that as part of openness, people can discuss things like being in a band or "working on a project over the weekend" in frank and open ways.

The organisation and the individual can jointly decide whether or not it works for them, he added, adding that it is an open discussion.

Additionally, Premji said, "There is no room for someone to work for Wipro and competitor XYZ and they would feel precisely the same way if they were to discover the same circumstance."

"I do stand by what I said because that is what I wanted to say.

If you moonlight in that way, I do believe that you are acting dishonestly " he said.

Anand Mahindra CP Gurnani, CEO of Tech Mahindra, recently tweeted that it is important to adapt to the times and added,"I welcome disruption in the ways we work".

"No two timing - no moonlighting," Infosys stated in a stern warning to employees this week. Dual employment is not permitted in accordance with the Employee Handbook and Code of Conduct, according to Infosys' internal letter titled "no multiple lives."

The email from Infosys had stated that "Any breach of these provisions would result in disciplinary action, which may possibly result in termination of employment."