TCS Layoffs: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country’s largest IT services provider company, has seen a huge decline in the number of employees within a quarter. According to the latest company data, the number of TCS employees declined to 5,93,314 in the second quarter (July-September) of the financial year 2025-26, whereas it was 6,13,069 in the June quarter. That means there has been a reduction of about 19,755 employees in a single quarter.

Did TCS hide the data?

The company has described this as part of “workforce re-structuring”. TCS says that changes are being made in the number and structure of employees according to the changing business environment. However, IT employees’ organization Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has accused the company of underreporting the actual figures of retrenchment of employees.

TCS HR officer Sudeep Kunnumal recently said that the company has laid off only 1% (about 6,000 employees). But NITES refuted this claim and said that there has been a reduction of about 20,000 employees, which is much more than the company’s claims.

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When the company announced its second quarter financial results on October 10, it did not send data on the number of employees or attrition to BSE. Later, in the data updated on the company’s website, the total number of employees was stated to be 5,93,314.

TCS said in July 2025 that it plans to reduce about 2% of its global workforce (about 12,261 employees), mainly at the mid-senior level. The company had described this move as part of its strategy to become a “future ready entity”. However, NITES alleges that TCS is pressurizing staff to give “voluntary resignations” to understate the actual layoffs.

NITES statement

NITES said, “This is not a minor difference. The data of about 8 thousand employees is missing. This is more than the figures accepted by TCS. This kind of misleading information cannot be called a mistake. It seems to be an attempt to understate the scale of layoffs and mislead the regulators and the public.”

The organization also said that when the attrition rate in the company is decreasing, then such a huge reduction of employees is an indication that it is not voluntary but is the result of management action. There is both confusion and opposition regarding this retrenchment of TCS. The company is calling it a process of restructuring, while employee organizations are calling it “hidden layoffs”. Now it remains to be seen what official clarification TCS gives on this dispute in the coming months.

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TCS Layoffs: The news of the trithan in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which is among India’s largest IT service companies, is making headlines these days. The union quoting the union reported that in recent weeks, the company forced about 2,500 employees to resign in its Pune campus. Regarding this, the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, which has given information about the employees being taken out of work in the wrong way.

Flood of complaints on social media also

NITES chairman Harpreet Singh Saluja said, “The sudden loss of employment has created an atmosphere of fear, anxiety and despair among the IT employees in Maharashtra.” Prior to NITES, many former TCS employees have also complained about this on social media.

This shows that the number of employees affected by this retrenchment happening in the company can be even more. Earlier this year, TCS announced a cut of about 2 percent in its workforce at global level. It was told that it is a part of the company’s restructuring plan to prepare itself for the coming time.

Union demands investigation

NITES especially mentioned the problems of the employees whose age is above 40. EMI is the burden of children’s school fees, family responsibilities. Union says, keeping in mind the security of the job, the employees who had made their future plan have now become desperate. Children’s education is in danger, loans cannot be repaid, the family is facing financial crisis. The union has urged the Maharashtra government to allegedly investigate dismissal, implement the rights of employees under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, prevent further retrenchment and make TCS management accountable.

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TCS Layoffs: The Central Government has taken the decision of IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to retrench and delay new recruitments of about 12,000 employees. The Ministry of Labor has sent summons to TCS to appear to TCS on August 1, Friday. According to the CNBC Awaaz report, this move of the Ministry of Labor has been taken after a complaint given to the Chief Labor Commissioner by IT employees’ NAST Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES).

Complaint against TCS

According to the reports, this summons has been done by the Ministry of Labor for two reasons, in which the decision to retrench about 2 percent of the workforce ie 12000 employees and the appointment of 600 professionals is to be stopped. After this, taking action on the complaint of AIETES, the Chief Labor Commission has directed the CCS to appear on August 1 and sought a detailed details on both these cases.

The ‘NAST Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has termed the retrenchment of 12,000 employees as immoral, inhuman and illegal. According to the organization, TCS has violated legal provisions during the trimming. Before the removal of any employee serving more than a year, it is mandatory to give a one -month notice or salary in lieu of it, to give statutory trimming compensation and inform the government. But TCS has not followed any of these rules.

What NITES said in the complaint?

According to PTI, Harpreet Singh Saluja, president of NITES, has described the move as “the collective dismissal hidden in the corporate word -in -law”. He warned that if a large company like TCS is allowed to be trimmed without proper procedure, it will become a dangerous example for the industry. The NITES has urged the government to take immediate cognizance of the matter, issue notices to TCS, stop all pruning.

Earlier on Sunday, TCS had said that the decision to lay down is part of its strategy to become a ‘ready -made organization for future’. Its center is invested in adopting technology, artificial intelligence (AI), market expansion and workforce reorganization. TCS has also said to give proper benefits to employees who are victims of retrenchment, cooperation in finding new jobs, give consultation and support.

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In 2025, there has been a stir in the technology industry once again. Legendary companies like TCS, Microsoft and Intel have said goodbye to their thousands of employees and the biggest reason for this is being given the increasing role of AI and automation. According to industry experts, this trend is intensifying due to “AI Restructure” or “AI Transformation”, where many old roles have now become non-essential.

How many people took out which company?

TCS has confirmed that it will pruning about 12,200 employees in this financial year. These are mostly happening in mid and senior level positions, especially the rolls where traditional skills or non-AI tasks were included. The company’s focus is now on projects with AI and new technology. At the same time, Microsoft has evacuated around 15,000 people in 2025, the highest trimmed in July. Microsoft says it is investing in addition to cloud, AI and automation sector, which has reduced positions in old sales, support and gaming divisions.

Talking about Intel, the company has started the process of trimming up to 25,000 people. Intel said that due to slow profit growth, semiconductor markets and reality in AI projects, they have to decrease workforce. In July alone, more than 5,000 employees have been removed.

Why is AI and automation being trimmed?

This time not only in these three companies, but also big names like Google, Amazon, Meta have also trimmed thousands of people in 2025. The reason is clear – AI, workflows shifting on machine learning and automation. Companies are now preparing more automated, future-red work processes than manpower, which are reduced to manual, representative and old technology rolls.

Who is the most damaged?

Market trends show that mid and senior level employees are the most affected, especially those who have not yet learned skills such as AI, data, machine learning or cloud. Apart from this, in the global market including India, this wave has reached IT, support, project management and even gaming divisions.

TCS Layoffs: The country’s largest IT service company TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) has announced the layoffs. The company says that in the next financial year 2025-26, about 2 percent (more than 12,000 jobs) can be cut in its number of employees.

This move of the company is mainly likely to affect the employees of middle and senior management levels. After this announcement of TCS after Microsoft (Announcement of Sorting of 10000 employees) and Intel (Sorting of 24000 employees), questions are now being raised whether companies are low in the number of workers due to Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Why is TCS going to trim?

According to a report by Reuters, this Tata Group company is preparing to take entry in the new market, so AI is being adopted by increasing investment on new technology. New staff will be taken again for all this, they will be trained, but for the time more than 12000 employees will be removed from work as it is part of this process. Companies are doing cost cutting in this era of restructuring.

According to the Reuters report, the TCS says that the plan of this change is being made with full care that it can ensure that the services provided to our customers do not affect.

Lateral hiring can be done

Earlier this month, the business year 2025-26 announced its results of the first quarter (April-June) of TCS Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer (Chro) Milind Lakkad said that the number of staff was 6,13,069 at the end of the first quarter. He said, more than 5,000 employees have been trimmed during this quarter. We have accepted all the job proposals and we will continue to do the same in the rest of the year. Lateral hiring will be re -adjusted based on the forecast of demand.

He had said that the company will increase investment in business to keep walking with its customers with the changing needs of technology.

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