{"id":1302463,"date":"2025-11-14T10:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1302463"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:53:42","slug":"in-72-of-layoffs-in-india-employees-given-48-hours-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/in-72-of-layoffs-in-india-employees-given-48-hours-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"In 72% Of Layoffs In India, Employees Given 48 Hours Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most affected employees experienced layoffs that lacked both legal compliance and humane communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>72% of employees were informed of their layoffs within just two days of their last working day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Quikr-Commonfloor-Employee-Firing-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1302549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Quikr-Commonfloor-Employee-Firing-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Quikr-Commonfloor-Employee-Firing-1280x720-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Quikr-Commonfloor-Employee-Firing-1280x720-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Quikr-Commonfloor-Employee-Firing-1280x720-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>72% of Employees Receive Layoff Notice Only Two Days Before Last Working Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon, Target, and Freshworks had especially high rates, exceeding 90% according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/72-of-layoffs-in-india-are-done-in-fire-at-will-style-survey-3793953\">Blind survey.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 18% of employees received any advance notice of one to three months, as required by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many multinational companies (MNCs) in India\u2019s tech and service sectors exploit a gap in labor law that excludes IT and managerial staff from the &#8220;workmen&#8221; category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This legal gap allows companies to bypass mandatory notice periods and government approval under the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tens of millions of white-collar professionals in India are therefore outside the scope of labor protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Layoffs are often executed in one-sided ways: 37% were informed via Zoom or Teams calls, 23% via impersonal emails, and 13% only realized they were terminated after system access was cut off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies sometimes use &#8220;in lieu of notice&#8221; payments\u2014short-term severance\u2014to avoid legal penalties instead of giving advance warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affected professionals on Blind reported that such practices erode trust and mental security in India\u2019s tech industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Amazon India employee wrote, &#8220;It&#8217;s a cruel psychological game: keep people anxious, hoping some will quit voluntarily, saving the company money on severance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Samsung employee noted, &#8220;All I can think of is to become proficient at doing something on our own. 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