HCLTech posted a total employee headcount of 2,23,151 in the first quarter of the financial year 2026. The company’s employee headcount increased by just 3,750 in a year as its total employee count in the corresponding quarter of the financial year 2025 was 2,19,401.
Furthermore, on a quarter-on-quarter basis, the company’s total employee headcount has seen a decrease in employee strength. The company reduced 269 employees as it employed 2,23,420 people in Q42025.
HCLTech says that it added 1984 freshers to its workforce in Q1FY26.
HCLTech’s AI push
While HCLTech’s employee count remains decreasing to stagnant, its agentic AI adoption has seen a big increase in recent months. The company has signed two big deals with Salesforce and UiPath to accelerate automation through employing agentic AI.
HCLTech has partnered with Salesforce to engage its agentic AI, Agentforce, for automation and streamlining of sales, services, marketing and operations. The company is also offering agentic AI solutions for its clients. With UiPath, HCLTech has partnered to provide an automation solution via agentic AI, requiring minimal human intervention.