The post quickly went viral (Representational)
A former Infosys employee recently alleged that he was a "victim" of a "silent layoff" by the company. Kumar Shubham, in a LinkedIn post, claimed he was fired without "any warnings" or "future career support."
Shubham, who had been working as a Java Developer in the company for more than a year, alleged that they had asked him to "forcefully resign" and his internal access had been taken away just a few hours later.
Shubham wrote, in the post, that he was not given a "notice period so that we can have at least some time to apply for new jobs without being jobless." He noted that he knew the name of the person involved in his case but could not disclose it due to confidentiality reasons.
Shubham spoke on behalf of others in similar circumstances, saying that people never plan on leaving their current jobs, but then "suddenly, an HR person schedules a meeting to announce our exit" and forces them to leave the company. He claimed that events like these can "destroy someone's career".
The ex-Infosys employee concluded by tagging the company on their post, writing, "Infosys, I seek your attention in this case."
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The post quickly went viral, with some users suggesting Shubham take legal action against the company, while others doubted it as a possible attention-seeking tactic.
A user said, "There is something missing here," adding that Infosys would not lay off one person all of a sudden.
Another person claimed that notice periods apply to both the employees as well as the organisations. "So in this case, you should have been allowed to serve the notice period before being simply made to quit, as that would be equivalent to you resigning by choice and not serving the notice period."
A former Cognizant employee came forward with the same incident, stating, "I too got laid off without any prior warnings." He added that "it hurts a lot when you give your 100% and show dedication towards a project, almost staying logged in for 14 hours a day, and still no one cares."
A section of users have stepped forward and offered to refer him, while others have requested Shubham to send the CV so they can help him in his job search.