Mumbai (India), June 2, 2023: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services firm, has rejected accusations that it issued strict warnings to employees who do not follow its return to work policy.
A TCS spokesperson cleared in a statement that the business has encouraged employees to work from office three days per week but has not “communicated or deployed linkages to career or compensation.”
The statement was conveyed in response to a story in the Times of India that claimed, TCS has begun delivering letters to employees who do not complete at least 12 days of work from the office in a month.
According to the TOI report, the memo further stated that if staff do not stick to the roster, disciplinary processes will be initiated against them.
The spokesperson while talking to NDTV said, “We are excited to see our campuses buzzing with energy and want all our employees to be a part of that vibrant ecosystem. A significant number of employees have joined TCS in the last two years.”
They added, “It is important for them to experience the TCS environment to collaborate, learn, grow and also have fun together, thus developing a stronger sense of belonging to the organisation and enabling better integration.”
Elaborating on the accusations the spokesperson said, “Over the last several months we have been encouraging associates in India to return to office and spend 3 days a week at the workplace. This has yielded good results with many of our people returning to office.”
“Our objective is to have all associates work from office for at least 3 days a week on average in the month, and towards the same we continue working with all our groups to have everyone participate. For now, we have not communicated or deployed linkages to career or compensation,” they concluded.
TCS stated that the procedure is part of a phased shift from the company’s Secure Borderless Workspaces (SBWS) to a more hybrid approach that will allow the majority of its employees to work from office on some days of the week.
