More job cuts likely in IT sector; Wipro, Infosys tighten appraisal process

Indian IT firms say that weeding out nonperformers is an annual affair

Indian IT service providers such as Infosys and Wipro have tightened performance appraisals for employees, weeding out non-performers, as they see businesses slowing for traditional services, technology shifts towards digital, and growing protectionism in their main markets.
 
Wipro, India’s third-largest software exporter, has a programme Band Inertia, which looks at scrutinising employees for performance in the same band for longer periods, identify gaps to reskill, and mark out those who are unable to upskill with newer technologies.
 
“It is the first reflection of who you are; people got stuck in the same band for seven-eight years. The individual