Infosys, an International Technology Company offering Business Consulting, Information Technology, and Outsourcing services, Yesterday released its Q3 FY25 report. In it, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh addressed the rumors spreading about a Toxic Work Culture, a Low Salary Hike, and a 90-hour work week.
Especially, to clarify Infosys’s former employee Bhupendra Vishwakarma’s claims about Infosys’s toxic work culture, excessive workload, and no financial growth over promotions in his viral LinkedIn posts. Salil Parekh talked about these controversies. Let’s discover what Salil Parekh says, Vishwakarma’s claims, and controversies.
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Infosys CEO Salil Parekh’s statement on Toxic Work Culture, Low Salary Hike, and 90-hour work week.
Infosys reported its Q3 Fy25 earnings call Yesterday on Thursday, 2025, reporting a net profit of ₹6,806 crores, making an 11.4% increase compared to ₹6,106 crores in Q3FY24. While revenue for the quarter stood at ₹41,764 crore, addressing a 7.6% YoY growth from ₹38,821 crore in Q3FY24. In this impressive report, the CEO had to address the controversy about the company’s work culture going on for several months.
Perhaps this controversy started due to Infosys’s founder Narayan Murthy’s 2023 remarks on youngsters working 70 hours a week, which proved to be a massive backlash, both for Narayan Murthy and his company.
During the Q3 FY25 earning call, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh was asked about the controversies or claims with special mention to Bhupendra Vishwakarma, whose LinkedIn post went viral. “Bhupendra said a lot of things on LinkedIn, on the culture, the work culture. What are your views on that?” a Moneycontrol reporter asked the CEO.
Clarifying the allegation Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said, “In terms of the employee question, within Infosys, we have a very clear approach to make sure that everyone is treated fairly. We have a well-defined process of looking at how the performance is driven”.
“We are equal opportunity in making sure everyone gets the benefit of that. And we hold ourselves to this high standard,” the IT giant’s CEO added.
Former Infosys employee Bhupendra Wishwakarma’s claims regarding company behavior.
Infosys former employee Bhupendra Vishwakarma shared a LinkedIn post, mentioning the reasons for leaving his job with Infosys, where he claimed a toxic work culture, and no salary hikes even after leveraging promotion.
“For three years, I worked hard, met expectations, and contributed to the team, yet saw no financial acknowledgment of my efforts,” Vishwakarma wrote in his post.
“Instead of hiring replacements or providing support, the management took the easy route—overburdening the existing team without compensation or even recognition,” he stated.
“The account I was assigned to was a loss-making one, as admitted by my manager. This directly impacts salary hikes and opportunities for career growth. Staying in such an account felt like professional stagnation, with no light at the end of the tunnel,” he wrote.
“This pressure trickled down, creating stress at every level of the hierarchy. It felt like a constant state of firefighting, with no room for personal well-being,” Vishwakarma explained.
On the other hand, during the Q3 FY25 press conference, Infosys revealed it’s on the path to cover its FY25 target by hiring around 15,000 freshers.
90-hour work week controversy.
Infosys CEO is claiming all these targets for his company at a time when the L&T Chairman SN Subramanyan is advocating for working on Sunday as well.
“I regret I am not able to make you work on Sundays. If I can make you work on Sundays, I will be happier, because I work on Sundays,” said the L&T chairman SN Subramanyan in a Reddit video that went viral on social.
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