Infosys layoffs: 240 trainees let go after assessment, company offers upskilling support

Infosys has terminated 240 trainees for failing the internal assessment tests, The Times of India reported citing company emails sent on April 18. The IT bellwether had let go of 300 trainees in February earlier this week due to similar reasons.

The trainees from the apprenticeship programme did not meet the qualifying criteria in the 'Generic foundation training programme' despite being given additional preparation time, doubt-clearing sessions, several mock assessments and three attempts, the email seen by TOI read.

The trainees have been offered one-month pay along with outplacement services. Infosys has offered free upskilling programmes through partnerships with NIIT and UpGrad. These include 12 weeks training programme for potential roles in the BPM industry or 4 weeks training programme on Information Technology fundamentals for IT career pathway. These will be open to the trainees laid off recently as well as those fired in February.


On completing the training programmes, affected trainees can apply for jobs with Infosys BPM Ltd, the email said.

The IT services major reported tepid financial results for the quarter and year ended March 2025 on Thursday. The company saw net profit decline 12% year-on-year during the quarter, and lower than estimated revenue, prompting brokerages to slash target price for its stock.

The second-largest IT services company by market capitalisation in the country logged a consolidated net profit of Rs 7,033 crore in Q4FY25, compared to Rs 7,969 crore in the year-ago period. It reported revenue of Rs 40,925 crore for the period, up 8% from Rs 37,923 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. Its operating margin for the quarter stood at 21%, marking a 0.9 percentage points rise in annual terms, but a decline of 0.3 percentage points sequentially.

Infosys has projected revenue growth of 0%–3% in constant currency and an operating margin of 20%–22%.

As per the figures released by the company with its financial results, it added only 199 employees during the March quarter after onboarding 5,591 employees between October and December. Its current headcount stands at 323,578.

The company plans to hire 20,000 freshers in fiscal 2026, the management said during the earnings conference on Thursday.

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