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TCS plans to lay off 12,000 employees, about 2 percent of its workforce, to realign its strategy amid evolving tech needs.
Techie Soham Parekh responded to a user asking how can we work so much.
Tech giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced to lay off around 12,000 employees—or roughly 2 per cent of its global workforce—over the course of the current financial year.
The move is part of the company’s broader effort to realign its workforce strategy and position itself as a “future-ready” organisation, amid evolving technology and operational requirements.
The industry is in shock with many criticising the move while others see it as inevitable with the rise of artificial intelligence in the sector.
Meanwhile, Soham Parekh, the Indian tech professional who shot to infamy for working full-time at multiple startups simultaneously, weighed in on the layoffs news and offered advice to tech professionals.
Reacting to a post that claimed “TCS will freeze the hiring of experienced personnel and pause annual salary increases globally,” Parekh advised techies to outwork the system.
“Don’t wait for handouts. Learn fast. Build harder. Your skills are your leverage. Outwork the system. Outlearn the gatekeepers. Outbuild the giants,” he said in a post on X.
Don’t wait for handouts. Learn fast. Build harder. Your skills are your leverage.Outwork the system.Outlearn the gatekeepers.Outbuild the giants. https://t.co/fYUeSYTJCM
– Soham Parekh (@realsohampokh) July 29, 2025
His reaction came after TCS confirmed that the layoffs will primarily affect middle and senior management positions. The company stated that rehiring for these roles would not be feasible.
“Several reskilling and redeployment programs have been in progress. However, some associates will be released as their roles cannot be restructured to match future demands,” TCS said in its official statement.
The decision, which marks one of the largest retrenchment drives in TCS’s history, comes amid multiple structural challenges — ranging from margin pressures and skill mismatches to disruption from artificial intelligence (AI). TCS currently employs over 6.13 lakh people.
Who Is Soham Parekh?
Soham Parekh, an Indian software engineer based in Mumbai, made the headlines after he was publicly accused by Suhail Doshi, co-founder of Playground AI and former Mixpanel CEO, of secretly working full-time at 3–4 US-based startups simultaneously, including Y Combinator‑backed firms such as Dynamo AI and Synthesia.
Parekh admitted to this in an interview, explaining that dire financial hardship forced him into the arrangement and that he often worked 140-hour weeks. While some praised his technical skill, most expressed concern over the ethical breach.
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
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