Overview

• TCS’s revised deployment policy, effective June 12, caps unassigned “bench” days at 35 per year and requires at least 225 billed days in a rolling 12-month period
• Staff who exceed the 35-day limit risk warnings, demotions or termination, and may face impacts on compensation, promotions and overseas postings
• After the July 16–17 end of the first bench cycle, many employees expressed anxiety on Reddit over mismatched project assignments and potential job cuts
• The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate filed a letter to the labour ministry alleging coercion, threats to deny experience letters and demands to repay bench-period salaries
• TCS leadership defends the policy as a formalization of existing practice and mandates daily office presence plus upskilling hours to boost workforce utilization