October 10, 2025

Big news from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has stirred the IT world this week! In Q2 FY26, TCS's employee count plummeted by a whopping 19,755, down from 6,13,069 in the previous quarter to 5,93,314. But here’s the spicy twist: TCS had earlier publicly declared only 12,000 layoffs. This gap of nearly 8,000 missing employees sets off alarm bells for the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES). NITES president Harpreet Singh Saluja was quick to voice his worries. "This discrepancy is glaring and raises serious concerns about transparency. The company’s own fact sheets publicly available and filed as part of its financial disclosures clearly expose the truth," he said. He slammed this as no small mistake, but a clear effort to hide the real scale of job cuts. Why so harsh? Because the employee exits don't add up. Despite fewer employees quitting voluntarily—attrition actually dropped from 13.8% to 13.3%—TCS still saw a massive workforce shrinkage. NITES warns this means the cuts are forced, not chosen. "Employees who gave 10–15 years of loyalty are today being cornered, threatened, and discarded overnight. This is not restructuring, this is corporate cruelty," Saluja poured fire on the situation. He accused TCS of picking profits over people and turning their workplace into "a fear factory," betraying the very workers who built the company's success. This story is shaking up India’s IT industry, with workers watching closely if TCS will come clean or keep hiding behind numbers. Corporate giants like TCS often shape the future of tech jobs, but when they sidestep honesty like this, the fallout can ripple far and wide.

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