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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) one of Indias largest IT firms is experiencing criticism on several fronts. From its newly enforced bench policy that has sparked panic among employees to the indefinite delay in onboarding over 600 lateral hires the company is facing intense scrutiny. Compounding the fury IT employee union NITES has sent a letter to the Ministry of Labour and Employment requesting government support and intervention in the ongoing issues affecting professionals from TCS. What is the new strict rule introduced by TCS? Now another report has come out indicating that the IT firm has issued an instant five-day return-to-work requirement for its employees in the United States. Employees must comply with the directive. Furthermore IT giant has even warned that staff will be monitored and called out if they dont comply reported The Register. Who will be affected by this immediate office return order? A TCS employee based in the US told The Register that they had received an internal email from HR requiring a full return to office to enrich our workplace experience effective immediately. The email directed all employees except those working on client sites or previously approved for remote work to return to the office. In their 2023 press release TCS had over 45000 employees working across US-based companies making the sudden policy shift significant in scale and impact. We can confirm that as a part of our ongoing plan to return to office globally our US operations have also resumed full week working from the office like many other regions TCS told us reported The Register. Who are the employees most affected by this policy? The worker who asked to remain anonymous also stated that speculation is loaded in TCSs offices in North America with internal chatter indicating that job cuts could be as high as 30 per cent. As to these claims a spokesperson from TCS commented While we don’t comment on rumors and speculation we can confirm we have not announced any layoffs in the US reported The Register. In a letter NITES has called on the Ministry of Labour and Employment to intervene and ensure that TCS provides a clear timeline for bringing on board the impacted lateral hires. The employee group also sought compensation for the delay and asked TCS to consider alternative appropriate roles in the company for the impacted professionals.