Gone in 10 minutes: Rishad Premji underlines Wipro’s ‘black and white’ approach to ethics violationsThe chairman of Wipro, India’s fourth largest IT company, said the company had fired a top executive within 10 minutes for lacking integrit...
20 Oct, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
Professionals moonlighting should leave Karnataka: IT ministerThe comments from the Karnataka minister assume importance as the headquarters of India’s top IT companies — Infosys and Wipro — are locate...
19 Oct, 2022, 02.37 PM IST
Infosys not in favour of moonlighting, says CEO Salil ParekhIn the last few months, most IT services companies have taken a tough stance on the practice of employees moonlighting, with cross-town riv...
13 Oct, 2022, 07.07 PM IST
How Wipro caught moonlighting? This viral tweet explainsWith two different laptops, and working from the comfort of home, in the hometown, many wondered how the company came to know about such a ...
12 Oct, 2022, 11.14 AM IST
TCS says moonlighting 'ethical issue'; no action taken against any staffThe company's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Rajesh Gopinathan said that an employee is barred from working for any other or...
10 Oct, 2022, 09.10 PM IST
Amid moonlighting worries, Wipro tells employees to work from office at least thrice a weekWipro has sent an advisory mail to its Indian employees to work from office at least thrice a week starting October 10. It also said the of...
06 Oct, 2022, 10.41 AM IST
IT firms reach out for legal help to address moonlighting among staffAnshul Prakash, partner, employment labour & benefits at Khaitan & Co, said the number of companies that have reached out to them in the la...
28 Sep, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
Futile for IT firms to prevent moonlighting: Rajeev ChandrasekharET had on Wednesday reported that Wipro had fired 300 employees it had found were moonlighting for its direct competitors.
24 Sep, 2022, 03.37 PM IST
Moonlighting gets government thumbs upChandrasekhar was speaking to ET on the sidelines of the ninth annual forum of the Public Affairs Forum of India. Moonlighting refers to pu...
24 Sep, 2022, 05.49 AM IST
Moonlighting under the lights can be beneficial for everyone involvedA 2021 study published in the Academy of Management Journal asserted that the psychological empowerment from 'side-hustles' enriches full-t...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.12 PM IST
Futile for IT firms to prevent moonlighting: Rajeev Chandrasekar, Wipro rolls out annual hikes for FY22, TCS wants staff back in officeRide-hailing company Ola has decided to not lay off the 200 engineers the company was earlier planning to let go, according to sources in t...
23 Sep, 2022, 08.25 PM IST
Wipro fires 300 staff members found to be moonlighting for competitorsOn Wednesday, Premji also said that though he had received brickbats for his comments on moonlighting, he stood by his comments and views o...
22 Sep, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
Moonlighting by employees is cheating: Wipro’s Rishad PremjiPremji's comments come at a time when IT giants have been witnessing high attrition owing to attractive pay packages at startups.
22 Sep, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
To moonlight or not to? The buzzing question among Indian techiesThis irregular gig has another name in the industry – moonlighting. Moonlighting refers to pursuit of more than one job, usually during non...
11 Sep, 2022, 06.56 PM IST
Why IT companies are wrong in opposing moonlightingIndia’s IT industry behemoths ranging from Wipro to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) publicly denounced moonlighting. Wipro chairman Rishad ...
02 Sep, 2022, 12.39 AM IST
Tech Mahindra CEO Gurnani unfazed by moonlighting; others disagreeMoonlighting refers to pursuing more than one job at a time, usually in non-work hours. While this is not a new phenomenon, remote working ...
29 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Variable pay, attrition, moonlighting add to IT companies' challengesVariable pay has become a severe headache of late, with major IT firms grappling with whether or not to withhold employees’ performance-lin...
25 Aug, 2022, 06.02 PM IST