In yet another horror layoff story for TCS employees, a Mumbai-based senior staffer was reportedly forced to resign while awaiting surgery during his approved medical leave, the Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has claimed.
The man had a cumulative work experience of over 29 years, and had worked with TCS for 14 years, when he was reportedly forced by the company’s HR team to either accept 10 months’ severance pay or face termination.
Barrage of layoffs at TCS
The development comes as TCS announced multiple round of layoffs this year, with the most significant being the reduction of around 12,000 employees, representing approximately 2% of its global workforce, mainly due to a shift towards AI and automation.
The global employee headcount dropped to 5,93,314 in the second quarter of the financial year 2026 (Q2FY26), Business Standard had earlier reported.
‘Employee made to quit even while working on project: FITE
In this man’s case, FITE also alleged that the man was working on an important project at the time of his forceful termination. It also claimed that the man was lowballed with a less severance package, claiming that TCS had publicly promised to pay 2 years’ compensation for staffers with 10+ years of service.
TCS layoff: ‘How many employees were forced to quit?’
The forum further wrote on X, “This raises massive questions: how many employees were forced to resign? How many actually received the compensation TCS claims? How many victims were medically vulnerable?”
The post called for a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged coerced terminations at TCS, emphasising the need for accountability and justice for affected employees who may have been pressured into resigning during vulnerable medical conditions.
Pune Commissioner summons TCS over layoffs
TCS was summoned by the Labour Commissioner’s Office in Pune on Tuesday, after about 2,500 employees were let go at the Pune office, Outlook Business reported.
The Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), an IT worker’s body, has also filed multiple complaints against the company over what it calls “illegal termination of employment and unlawful layoffs.”
Despite official statements describing the layoffs as a move driven by skill mismatches and business needs, there has been criticism over transparency, with some alleging that the actual figures may be underreported to downplay the scale of redundancies, reports claimed.
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