Overview

• Tata Consultancy Services reiterates that roughly 12,000 roles, about 2% of its workforce, were reduced as part of an AI-driven restructuring.
• A viral X post by user Soham Sarkar claiming up to 80,000 exits has been labeled incorrect and misleading by the company.
• Current and former employees describe pressure to resign, references to a confidential “fluidity list,” and abrupt terminations tied to bench policies.
• Testimonies report uneven financial treatment, including demands to repay months on the bench with deductions from gratuity and leave encashment.
• A terminated worker in Noida filed a police complaint alleging assault during the exit process, which TCS has rejected as inaccurate, as unions FITE and UNITE raise concerns in a sector shifting toward automation.