Several TCS employees are now coming forward with their harrowing experiences, post the layoff announcement. One such employee took to Reddit to complain about being put into the performance improvement plan (PIP) after working at the company for two years. The employee claims that his compensation has also been revised, and he now receives less than what he was getting before.

This new grievance comes just on the heels of the Pune TCS employee's ordeal, wherein he was forced to sleep on the footpath due to suspension of salary. The employee that was put onto PiP spoke out on Reddit, "PIP has been initiated against me in TCS. Joined the company almost 2 years back. Got D band this year. Changed the project, received new compensation letter which is less than that when I joined. Now under PIP for 2 months of which 2 weeks have gone by."

He frustratingly adds that this ordeal is 'mentally and emotionally sc***ing me down to the core'. The employee further worries about several negative outcomes in the future. He wonders, "If i resign now do i need to serve notice period of 3 months and do i get all my relevant certificates (experience letter etc)?"

Furthermore, he is also worried that his manager may provide a negative feedback and the company may ask him to resign. "Will a job switch affect now since my recent compensation letter has negative feedback with deduction which is less than what I received during joining?" he added.

Netizens claim that this could be pressure tactics by TCS to force his employees to leave voluntarily. Increasing number of employees may be put onto PIP by the management, and eventual layoffs are expected.

TCS employees have been on edge ever since the new benching policy was introduced last month. The employees suspected a mass layoff, and CEO K. Krithivasan confirmed it last week with a 12,000 job cuts announcement in FY26.