A piece of good news for the latest heirs as the country’s IT major, Tata Consultancy Services has confirmed that it will move ahead with onboarding around 650 lateral hires whose joining was deferred for almost three months.
How Did This Happen?
This news holds significance as it brings clarity for experienced professionals who had been left in limbo since early summer.
It appears that the candidates have now been invited to take part in pre-joining formalities, with some given October joining dates as per the emails of the company.
The IT service provider would be completing the process after background verification checks are cleared.
Confirming the same, spokesperson said, “We can confirm that we are honouring all offers that have been made, as we have always done through our history, whether it is to freshers or experienced professionals. We look forward to them joining and being a part of TCS.”
In the meantime, this delay in joining had triggered unease among candidates and drawn attention in the industry.
It has also highlighted the tension between companies’ hiring commitments and project demand in a slowing market.
IT Services Sector Facing Muted Revenue Growth
This has become evident that India’s $250 billion IT services sector has faced muted revenue growth through 2025 as global clients cut discretionary technology spending.
The development comes against the backdrop of a controversial new “bench policy” introduced by TCS.
At present, TCS employees can have 35 unallocated days per year as this current policy sets a target of 225 billable days annually as per the media report.
Although these latest updates have attracted scrutiny from the Union labour ministry and Karnataka’s labour department.
Presently, both of them are monitoring whether the rules disadvantage employees waiting for projects.
TCS reported a workforce of 613,069, making it the largest private-sector employer in India as of June 2025.
When it comes to the decision of onboarding 650 professionals, it is a relatively small adjustment in the context of the company’s size, according to the analysts.
With this decision, the IT firm is symbolically trying to signal that the firm will stand by its offers despite tightening utilisation norms.
Apart from this, TCS was also making news as it rolled out annual pay increases this month after a five-month delay.
This hike is averaging between 4.5 and 7 per cent, applied to employees from entry level to grade C3A, covering around 80 per cent of the workforce reportedly.
Please note here that the senior bands C3B to C5 were excluded in this hike.
These increments are already effective from 1 September and were reflected in September salaries, but were not backdated.
