A Humane Transition Plan for the 12,000 TCS Employees Affected by Layoffs

 Dear Shri Krithivasan ji,

(  CEO , TCS )

 

Warm greetings.

I write in response to the unfortunate news regarding the layoff of 12,000 employees at TCS.

While I understand the strategic shifts needed in an AI-driven world, I believe we can do better—for people, and for the future of the industry.

I am sharing a two-pronged framework:

1.      Cap annual wage hikes at 75% of CPI – to avoid salary spirals and retain more talent

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3.      Create a TCS-backed Co-operative Capacity Centre (CCC) for the laid-off middle/senior professionals

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The CCC can:

·         Be set up using TCS’s CSR provisions (for infra)

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·         Offer part-time project-based work to laid-off staff

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·         Operate at 50% cost to TCS while preserving IP, quality, and relationships

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For an outline of this concept , please look up > https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2025/07/co-operative-capacity-centres-ccc.html

 

TCS, as a leader, can show that cost reduction doesn’t need to come at the cost of compassion.

 

With warm regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai

 

Conceptual Framework of “ Co-operative  Capacity  Centre “  :

 

Under the just released “ Co-Operative Policy “ by Shri Amitbhai Shah , TCS to form a :

Co-Operative Capacity Centre ( CCC ) , whose membership would be restricted to those 12,000 Middle and Senior Level Managers , just being laid off . Membership will be voluntary but will get terminated should a member take up any other FULL TIME employment elsewhere. She may take up any other part-time GIG WORK while continuing as a Member of the CCC

Ø  TCS to outsource work to this Centre , at 50 % of the cost which TCS would have incurred if this work was carried out internally

Ø  CCC will distribute this work among its members and pay them 25 % of their last drawn salaries in TCS ( on the basis of last-drawn hourly rate , for the number of hours put in for completion of the assigned project ).  

Ø  Using the funds available under its CSR obligation, TCS to provide to CCC ( free of cost ) , building and other establishment infrastructure ( Capital Cost )

Ø  Under the newly released Co-operative Policy , if any subsidy / funding etc., is available from the Central Government , CCC will claim the same. Towards this , I urge Shri Amit bhai Shah to release appropriate notification , in respect of CCCs being a “ Category of Cooperatives “