Several employees were let go by Accenture’s India division for receiving job offers from Accenture using false credentials and experience letters from shady businesses.
This occurs at a time when tech companies are finding it difficult to understand trends like moonlighting or personnel with side jobs.
In-depth details about Accenture India fires several employees over fake experience letters by discovering the scam:
Accenture India sent a reply in response to a query that read, “We have detected an effort to exploit paperwork & experience letters from bogus organizations to seek offers of employment from Accenture in India… People that we can confirm used this strategy have been fired. To ensure that there won’t be any effects on our capacity to service our clients, we have taken the necessary steps.
The number of Accenture employees who participated in the scam is unknown, however, there are rumors on Twitter that thousands of people were arrested.
Additionally, Accenture declared that it has “zero tolerance for any non-adherence” to its stringent code of business ethics. According to the statement, “We are continuing to hire and honor present job offers for appropriate people.”
Several human resources managers are reportedly currently scrutinizing the experience letters and other paperwork of individuals employed during the pandemic surge.
In addition to not conducting background checks before recruiting new personnel, the pandemic’s uncertainty caused techies to choose side jobs, which sparked a moonlighting issue in the IT industry. Moonlighting has been used as an excuse for significant layoffs at companies like Infosys and Wipro.
