Wipro has fired 300 of its Indian employees for obtaining secondary employment without permission. The crackdown on ‘moonlighting’ has received mixed reactions, with some praising it and others criticising it.

Wipro employees, like many others in the IT services industry, used remote working during the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath.

This newfound freedom coincided with some employees taking on jobs at other companies while still employed by Wipro, a practise known as moonlighting. At the end of September, a group of approximately 300 employees who were allegedly engaging in this behaviour were discovered – and fired.

Explaining the company’s actions, Chairman Rishad Premji said that the behaviour of moonlighting employees was “plain and simple cheating.”

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