TCS has recently updated its deployment policy for its employees regarding projects building cycle and bench time.

The All India IT & ITeS Employees’ Union (AIITEU) has condemned Tata Consultancy Services (TCS’) over its revised associate deployment policy. According to media reports the policy had mandated employees to have 225 days of billability every year and also limited bench timelines to 35 days a year.

The tech workers union also called it an “anti-worker policy” and accused it of making it “downsize” teams, according to a Money Control report.

The IT employee union said that the new associate deployment policy of TCS puts the responsibility of finding projects on the employees instead of the Resource Management Group (RMG).

TCS New Policy

The new policy was announced on June 12 by the Resource Management Group (RMG)regarding assigning projects to employees. According to new rules, employees have to approach the RMG themselves to get projects so they can ensure to have 225 days of billability over a 12 months period.

If the employee misses this billability target, they will face disciplinary action like termination of servicethe policy said. Employees also cannot be on bench for more than 35 days a year, as reported by Money Control.

IT Employee Union On TCS Policy

AIITEU said in a statement, “The RMG of TCS is known to be responsible for ensuring adequate billability of the employees. While it is true that long period of inactivity has an adverse effect on employees’ compensation, individual growth and overseas deployment prospect, the policy also has an ulterior motive of transferring the responsibility to ensure adequate billability from the RMG to the employees.”

“It is an attempt by TCS Management to justify the organisation’s anti-worker policy of Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) that the management often resorts to, during downsizing,” the tech workers union added.

TCS employees are also expected to upskill themselves and take mandatory 4-6 hours of training through the company’s iEvolve platform, as per the new rules.