Recently something happened in the tech sector of India and it was a shocker.
In an abrupt scenario, 400 freshers were abruptly fired from Infosys Mysore campus on February 7th 2025. These young professionals had waited over two and a half years of their internship period to begin their careers, only to be dismissed for failing an internal assessment.
Now it is ok if someone fails in an internal assessment but according to multiple accounts, trainees were called in batches of 50, made to sign confidentiality agreements and asked to leave. Even more troubling, many trainees were denied an overnight stay. The shock was so severe that some fainted or suffered mental breakdowns, requiring medical attention, according to a report.
Infosys, for its part, states it offers three attempts for trainees to pass internal tests, a long-standing policy meant to maintain rigorous hiring standards. However, freshers argue recent changes pushed failure rates from 10% to nearly 30% to 40%. They allege the assessment system was deliberately designed to fail employees, helping the company cut costs under the guise of poor performance.
Meanwhile, 4,500 more trainees remain in the pipeline, raising fears of similar terminations. The episode has sparked wider questions about ethics, transparency and the fair treatment of trainees.
If you ask me this looks really bad in part of Infosys as this could lead troubles in future hirings of freshers which IT Industry needs in abundance.
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