Taa Consultancy Services (TCS) CHRO Sudeep Kunnumal recently addressed the concerns surrounding upcoming layoffs.
During the company’s Q2FY2026 earnings call, Kunnuamal emphasised that TCS is not “chasing a target” for job cuts and will instead “evaluate everyone.”
“The second question is with the release of 1 % workforce, the headcount declined by 20,000 or 3 %. And what you announced earlier was 2%. So, should we expect a similar headcount reduction in the next quarter as well?” Surendra Goyal from Citi asked the CHRO.
“So, almost-see, the 20,000 head count is a factor of voluntary and involuntary attrition. So you should see that. But as we announced, against the 2 percentage, we have midway, so we have done approximately 1 percentage of it. And like what Krithi just mentioned, we don’t have a target,” Kunnumal replied.
“We are not chasing a target. We’ll continue to evaluate everyone after all the investment in learning and development that we’ve done…” the CHRO added.
Goyal further asked Kunnumal, “So, just to clarify, there will be no involuntary attrition beyond the 1% number, is that understanding correct?”
To this, Kunnumal replied, “No, no, I didn’t say that. See, we estimate it to be 2%. We are currently at 1%, and we will continue to evaluate people whom we can redeploy – whom we are not redeploying, and those are the people that we will release.”
During the earnings call, Kunnumal also talked about the new H1-B visa rule announced by Donald Trump. “On H1B, we have significantly localised our workforce in the US, approximately just about 500 associated have travelled to the US on H1B,” he stated. Kunnumal assured that TCS’s business model will be able to quickly adapt to any sort of changes in the immigration policy.
