TCS Layoff / Employee Impact

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services firm, has drawn widespread attention after announcing a workforce reduction of roughly 12,000 employees about 2% of its global headcount—amid restructuring around AI integration and changing client demands. While media and social media accounts circulated rumors of as many as 30,000 to 80,000 job cuts, TCS officially denied such figures, labeling them “misleading.”

The announcement has triggered visible turmoil within its workforce. Tech professionals impacted are sharing experiences of anxiety, forced resignations, and uncertainty over severance. Some employee unions and voices on social media demand greater transparency and fairness in the way layoffs are being handled. The Economic Times+1 More broadly, TCS’s move is being viewed as a bellwether for the Indian IT industry: if the sector’s largest firm is cutting aggressively now, others may follow.

The human cost, reputational risks, and long-term implications for talent retention all make this a high-stakes event—not just for TCS, but for the entire technology ecosystem.