Meanwhile, the top four IT firms in India are expected to hire about 82,000 freshers in FY25, with HCLTech and Wipro planning to recruit 10,000 and up to 12,000 freshers, respectively.

Not only Infosys, even the lengthy onboarding times have hit employees at Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies. "It’s been a year since I got placed at HCL Tech.