Moonlighting a ‘question of ethics’, says Wipro CEO

Weeks after Wipro fired 300 of its employees for moonlighting, the company’s CEO Thierry Delaporte on Wednesday said that while little side jobs were fine, working for a competitor is a “question of ethics”.

With record-high attrition rates adding to the woes of the Indian IT industry as companies face cost overloads and margin pressures, Wipro reported a marginal dip in attrition rate and said it will pay out 100 per cent variable pay to 85 per cent of the staff.