TCS layoffs: Will Ratan Tata’s TCS cut more jobs in future? HR head makes BIG statement, says IT giant not chasing any…

The TCS layoffs are likely to be conducted between April 2025 and March 2026, and will mainly impact employees belonging to middle and senior grades.

TCS layoffs: Tata Group’s Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which has faced severe backlash for laying off over 20,000 workers in its latest round of job cuts, has allayed fears of more layoffs in the future, assuring that the company was not “chasing a target” when it came to job cuts, and every employee will be evaluated based on their performance.

Is TCS planning more job cuts?

Earlier this month, speaking during TCS Q2 earnings call, the IT giant’s HR head Sudeep Kunnumal addressed concerns over potential layoffs, stating that the company will evaluate “everyone”, but is not “chasing a target” when it comes to job cuts.

Asked about TCS’ employee count declining by 20,000 people in Q2 FY26, and whether a similar reduction in workforce is expected in the next quarter,  Kunnumal attributed the decline in headcount to “voluntary and involuntary attrition”.

“See, the 20,000 head count is a factor of voluntary and involuntary attrition. So you should see that. But as we announced, against the 2 percentage, we have midway, so we have done approximately 1 percentage of it. And like we mentioned, we don’t have a target. We are not chasing a target. We’ll continue to evaluate everyone after all the investment in learning and development that we’ve done,” he said.

On whether involuntary attrition will be capped at 1%, the TCS HR head clarified that the IT firm will continue evaluation of its workforce to reach the estimated 2% mark. “We estimate it to be 2%. We are currently at 1%, and we will continue to evaluate people whom we can redeploy — whom we are not redeploy, and those are the people that we will release.”

Kunnumal also addressed concerns about the impact of the US President’s H-1B visa fee hike, revealing that TCS has “significantly localized” its workforce in the United States. “Approximately just about 500 associates have traveled to the U.S. on H1B. We believe our business model will be able to adapt quickly to any changes in immigration policy.” US announced an annual fee of $100,000 on H-1B visa applications from September 21 onwards.”

TCS layoffs

Earlier this month, TCS–India’s largest software services exporter– was accused of under-reporting the number of workers it laid off during its biggest-ever layoffs in the current fiscal year. According to the company’s Q2 FY26 data, its employee count has dropped by nearly 20,000, about 66 percent higher than the planned layoffs it had earlier announced.

The fresh allegations against TCS come amid the backlash over large scale layoffs it had announced in June, under which the IT firm had said it plans to cut 2 percent of its global workforce this year, affecting about 12,261 workers.

TCS layoffs, the largest in the history of India’s IT industry, will affect workers from all countries and domains where the company is operational. The TCS layoffs are likely to be conducted between April 2025 and March 2026, and will mainly impact employees belonging to middle and senior grades.

The allegations against TCS also come amid the ongoing power tussle within Tata Trusts– the majority shareholder of  Tata Group’s holding company, Tata Sons– which has essentially divided the salt-to-semiconductor conglomerate into two opposing camps.