TCS layoffs: Techies share humiliation and hopelessness on social media as India's biggest IT company announces job cuts

Nearly two months after reports emerged that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services company, planned to trim its workforce by about 2 per cent — over 12,000 jobs — the effects are now becoming visible.

Employees are facing a wave of sudden, forced resignations, creating an atmosphere of anxiety and uncertainty about the future. One worker shared his experience of being pushed out, which ultimately ended in termination. As per a Moneycontrol report, he is now unemployed and concealing the truth from his family.

What are people saying on social media?

Several employees have alleged that they are being forced to resign, amid the IT giant's plant to trim its workforce.


"It’s been 3 days since I was asked to resign in a meeting room. I denied it. I was crying and afraid, but TCS is my first company—I have nothing to lose. They threatened me that they will give a bad review after termination, so I said, “Okay, do as you like, but I’m not going to resign,” and I came out of that meeting room. I was crying, I was scared, but I tried to be strong at that time," said one user in an anonymous post on Reddit.

Another user claimed, "A panel was waiting for me to resign. The HR first questioned why I was reporting to nearby locations, even though I was completing 5–7 to 7–9 hours daily. I explained clearly that RMG never told me anything, never mailed me, and I always attended every call, every mail, every gChat message. I told them I wasn’t sitting idle — I went there to study and upskill. I proved it by showing my external certifications,
I begged. I told them to give me even 1 day or 1 hour, and I could arrange a project. I repeated that I am the sole breadwinner of my home, and that even my marriage could get cancelled if I lost my job like this. But the HR just said: “Don’t talk in circles, I don’t like that.”

"Now I’m job hunting on Naukri and LinkedIn. But this entire experience has left me feeling humiliated and hopeless," added another employee in his post on Reddit.

TCS layoffs:

The Union of IT & ITES Employees (UNITE) staged demonstrations across several Indian cities on Tuesday against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), alleging that ongoing job cuts could affect nearly 30,000 employees a New Indian Express report stated. However, TCS has rejected the claim, saying the reduction is limited to about 2 per cent of its global workforce, or roughly 12,000 positions.

As per the New Indian Express report, the protests were organised with the support of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). UNITE leaders demanded that TCS withdraw its decision and urged government intervention, warning that the actual number of layoffs could be higher than disclosed.

In a statement to Business Line, TCS described the union’s allegations as “incorrect and misleading”. The company said the impact of workforce changes would remain limited to 2 per cent of its employees. With a workforce of over 600,000 worldwide, TCS is among India’s largest private-sector employers.