‘Cost of 1 manager = cost of 5 junior developers’: TCS lays bare the new risk for India’s mid career techies

The Middle Managers in India are officially on a notice. With the start of Tata Consultance Services in reducing more than 12,000 jobs- many roles in the middle and adults- the country’s largest ISIS employer sends a message that goes beyond its own paths: the experiment is no longer immunity.

TCS decision to reduce 2 % of the 613,000 workforce, to a large extent of medium and adult ranks, has sparked concerns in the Indian IT sector about the decreasing value of non -anxious and high -cost roles. Once considering stability combinations, these attitudes are now among the areas most of their exploitation in the cost of costs, which are led by automation.

Online reactions were frank. “When the managers are not firm, they represent a great cost of the company,” said a X -user. “The cost of one manager = the cost of five young developers.”

Reports indicate that the operations of workers began in early July, which affected the employees between the ages of 24 and 55 years through the TCS offices in Bangaluru, London and Bruneston. While it is said that about a third of the exits from the seat – who are not without live projects – are said to be active roles, chosen through the internal lists set by the heads of the business unit.

It is also believed that some employees are remotely under review. “People are on the bench with WFO [work from office] Index problems are also released by the system. “

According to estimates mentioned in the same reports, the company can save about 3000 rupees on the basis of average $ 25 salary for the affected employees. The timing raised internal questions, given the payment of TCS profits of 50,000 rupees this year.

“How can we connect this to someone close to retirement, or someone who manages loan payments or children’s education?” A senior executive official was quoted as saying.

TCS insists that this is part of becoming a “ready -made organization”. But the broader signal is clear: the average medium-class is redefined-as TCS performs, others may follow in the industry soon.

One of the participants was widely put on X: “TCS hairstyles should be a warning snapshot for all IT professionals in the middle and the elderly. Many in this class have stopped raising their level and are now at risk.”