IT Companies Delay Onboarding of New Employees

Technology and consulting services companies such as Wipro and Deloitte have delayed onboarding of new employees owing to the COVID-19 pandemic triggered disruptions, The Economic Times reported.

“About 300-400 professionals, including a team for content review roles in Hyderabad, have not been onboarded yet. They are now facing hardships without salary as a majority of them left their earlier jobs. At the end of May, these people have been told it may take longer for onboarding,” a person privy to the development in Wipro was quoted as saying by ET.

In reponse to a question by the media organisation, Wipro said that as announced earlier, the company will honour all offers made to candidates. Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are some other IT companies that have said that they would honour all job offers

A Deloitte spokesperson said market disruptions could be attributed to delays in some cases.

“We are committed to honouring all the offers that we have made. Even during the lockdown, we have had virtual on-boarding of joinees. Owing to market disruptions, there could be a delay in the onboarding in some cases,” said a spokesperson to ET.