Wipro founder expressed his opinion that it is cheating for one employee to work in two companies. Ganapathi Subramaniam of TCS has expressed his opinion in support of this opinion.
However, Mohandas Bhai, the former HRD officer of Infosys has expressed a different opinion.
“Working hours are specified in every company. It is wrong if a person is doing work for another company during that working time. On the contrary, it cannot be said that it is wrong for an employee to work part-time for another company during the remainder of his working hours.
Also, employees with less experience earn much less. “There is nothing wrong with working part-time in another company to increase their salary,” he said.
Swiggy, which supplies food from hotels, has gone one step further and said that it has no objection to its employees working part-time in another company and welcomes it.
Most caught up in this ‘moonlighting’ debate are IT employees. If you work in an IT oriented company, you will get a higher salary. Also, many people think that if they get a job in a big company, they will get an opportunity to work abroad.
But there is also a lot of layoffs in the IT industry. The practice of firing highly experienced employees is rampant in the IT industry. Also, the number of Indians working abroad has decreased significantly in the past few years due to the actions of former US President Donald Trump. So the chance of getting foreign salary is decreasing.
Also, some companies freeze employees’ wages when the company’s profit margin declines. Earlier this month, Wipro said it would not be able to pay variable pay for the last quarter due to declining profit margins. It is said that up to 25% of an employee’s total salary is likely to be reduced through this.
Thus, due to many reasons, a few employees use the opportunity to work in two places with the idea of taking advantage of the wind. Although it is viewed as wrong from the company’s point of view, most IT employees support it.
What matters is what the company has to say on the matter. If the employees do not follow the regulations imposed by the company, it will be a violation of the regulations. It’s always good for employees to keep this in mind!