TCS Extends Working hours to 45 Hrs a Week

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has increased its working hours to 45 hours per week from 40 hours effective April 1. This effectively means that employees will have to put in an hour more every day.

The biggest software exporter has also decided to fire around 1,300 employees or 1 per cent of its global workforce this year. This roughly works around one percent of its global workforce.

These employees failed to meet performance standards, according to a company spokesperson said. About 100 employees have already been sacked in Chennai alone in the last two weeks, sources in TCS told TOI.

This comes in the wake of recent announcements by the company’s MD S Ramadorai 10 days back that variable pay of employees is being reviewed this year, to counter the tough economic situations across the globe.

The IT major has also increased working hours to 45 hours per week from 40 hours effective April 1. The TCS sources said in the last two weeks alone the company has sacked about 100 people after they were found wanting in their performance appraisal.