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Alot of deserving kids who are better in their 4th year than some a1s are left jobless because y'all won't even open a cv without a contact telling you to do so.
IT freeze is already there as you may know. TCS has still not issued joining letters to many students they offered placement in 2022 season. Overall, I believe 2023 batch has not got much opportunities to perform in the first place for them to be adjusted as lethargic and incompetent.
Remember the AZB resignation episode or Spice Route Legal retracting offer. It's the law firms and the market who are having leverage over when and how to recruit. Don't round this up on performance of a particular batch. And it's been a long time since we are seeing lateral hiring demand from law firms. The performance of 2023 batch could not have been judged in such a small duration.
And yes, I agree that 2024 and 2025 hiring is/have been affected. But I don't agree that it's because of 2023 batch.
There was certainly a zealous placement conducted in 2023, especially if you were to compare those numbers with that of the 2024 and 2025 batches, who are suffering dearly everywhere. Just look at the CAM intake.
Honestly, hiring is happening, but firms are being quite selective with recruitment because of the 2023 bunch, who weren't exactly quite meritorious with work either. It seems the quality of freshers has deteriorated quite considerably which has caused partners to prefer laterals. The market is actually pretty good in India and is swooned to grow soon, hence isn't to blame.
For emphasis, I repeat, the 2023 batch was really really disappointing in several firms I know, would like to know comments from partners in other firms.