Wipro laid off 452 employees after they performed poorly in internal tests following a training programme. It is also said to have waived off the Rs 75000 training fee that it spent on training these freshers. When toi contacted wipro on the matter, the company said "at wipro we take pride in holding ourselves to the highest standards in line with the standards we aim to set for ourselves we expect every entrylevel employee to have a certain level of proficiency in their designated area of work the evaluation process includes assessments to align employees with the business objectives of the organisation and requirements of our clients this systematic and comprehensive performance evaluation process triggers a series of actions such as mentoring and retraining and in some cases separation of certain employees from the company." A significant number of freshers are hired through its national level talent hunt, NLTH online platform. The 128minute assessment process tests the candidate’s aptitude written communication skills and online programming capabilities. In the december quarter, wipros headcount dropped by around 500 compared to the previous quarter. At the beginning of the fiscal year, the company had planned to hire 30000 freshers but it will fall short of that in the first nine months. It hired 17000 in the first nine months. The company