Benched staff at Wipro stare at pay cuts

              Wipro has introduced an "extended bench period " where indenified employees will be on loss of pay for three months....

       

      Wipro has introduced an "extended bench period " where indenified employees will be on loss of pay for three months. This employees will continue to receive their insurance coverage ,but nothing else.

       The bench in IT companies is a reference to people who do not have billable projects to work on. That number tends to be 5-7% of  total employees .In the large IT services firms, several thousands will be on the bench at any point. 

    Wipro's latest change seems to be directed at those who are already on the bench ,and those who have been rated poorly in the latest performance assessments. If after the extended three months the employee still doesn't have a billable project,he/she may be asked to go.