Wipro found 300 staff working with rivals at same time; moonlighting is violation of integrity: Premji
The Hindu
Moonlighting refers to the practice of techies taking up side gigs to work more than one job at a time
Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji on Wednesday said that 300 people who worked with the company were also found to be working for one of its competitors at the same time, as he firmly stood his ground that moonlighting is “complete violation of integrity in its deepest form”.
Speaking at an AIMA event, Mr. Premji who has been a vocal critic of moonlighting (the practice of techies taking up side gigs to work more than one job at a time) made it clear that the company had no place for such employees, who even while working with Wipro chose to directly work for rivals, simultaneously.
The Wipro top boss later said that in those specific instances of violation, action had been taken by terminating their services.
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“The reality is that there are people today working for Wipro and working directly for one of our competitors and we have actually discovered 300 people in the last few months who are doing exactly that,” Mr. Premji said terming it a “complete violation of integrity in its deepest form”.
The issue of ‘moonlighting’ has emerged as a big talking point in the IT industry ever since Mr. Premji flagged the issue in a tweet equating it to “cheating”. Mr. Premji had taken to Twitter recently to highlight the issue saying: “There is a lot of chatter about people moonlighting in the tech industry. This is cheating - plain and simple.”
Mr. Premji’s tweet had evoked strong response within the industry, with many IT companies raising their guard on such practices. Infosys, last week, shot off a missive to its employees, emphasising that dual employment or ‘moonlighting’ is not permitted, and warned that any violation of contract clauses will trigger disciplinary action “which could even lead to termination of employment”.
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