Working for 2 firms at same time goes against trust: Kris Gopalakrishnan

One has to be 'fully committed' to one organisation, says co-founder of Infosys

Working for more than one company at the same time doesn’t build trust and "new generations" must realise this, said Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys and its former CEO, joining a IT industry debate on the ethics of moonlighting.

Infosys, India’s second-largest IT services company, Wipro chairman Rishad Premji, and IBM India managing director Sandip Patel have criticised the practice in recent weeks.

“I am unable to understand where the new generations comes [sic] from. Importantly, if you want to give your 100 per cent to the task that you have been given then you need to be fully committed.