Overview
- TCS managers were instructed in an internal email to ensure about 5% of employees were rated in Band D, the lowest category used to flag underperformance.
- Business unit heads ultimately labeled nearly 3% of the workforce, about 17,500 people, as underperformers in the latest appraisal cycle.
- The directive followed a recent reduction of roughly 12,200 roles, or about 2% of staff, in the company’s largest retrenchment exercise.
- TCS has not announced new company-wide layoffs tied to these ratings and says it is focusing on retraining, redeployment, benefits, and outplacement support.
- Employees are voicing heightened job-security concerns because a Band D rating can trigger closer review and increase the risk of exits over time.