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Growth in the IT sector will remain muted
The proportion of new deal wins into revenues is "intact", a senior official at largest IT services company TCS has said, attributing the sluggish revenue growth to the adverse impact on discretionary demand because of economic headwinds. Stating that discretionary demand can contribute as much as 30 per cent of incremental revenues in a quarter, the company's chief operating officer N Ganapathy Subramniam told PTI that the September quarter results were impacted due to this aspect. Clients are choosing to conserve cash given the economic climate and choosing to defer spends where they do not see immediate returns on investments, which has impacted the discretionary demand, he said. He, however, said that the proportion of revenue it bags from new deals has not been affected. The company has reported signings of over USD 10 billion for three consecutive quarters. "TCV (total contract value) to revenue conversion rate is intact," Subramaniam said, explaining that there are a slew of
TCS stated that of the 19 employees, 16 have been separated from the company for code of conduct violations
We have decided that people should come back to office, says N Ganapathy Subramaniam
India's largest IT services company TCS on Sunday said it has fired 16 employees and barred six vendors in connection with a recruitment scam. Our investigation found 19 employees to be involved16 employees have been separated from the company for code of conduct violations, and three employees have been removed from the resource management function, the company said in a late evening statement. It also added that six vendors, their owners and affiliates have been debarred from doing any business with TCS. In late June, reports had surfaced of a recruitment scam at the largest software exporter, wherein vendors tasked with some functions were alleged to have indulged in malpractices in collusion with TCS staffers. The allegation came to light within weeks of K Krithivasan taking charge as the company's chief executive and was the first major challenge faced by him. The issue relates to breach of the company's code of conduct by certain employees and vendors supplying contractors,
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IT majors - TCS, Infosys and HCL Technologies flagged concerns of slower growth going ahead after announcing the Q2 results in the last two days.
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The management of the companies said that excessive hiring in the last few years has meant recalibration of employees as growth dipped
In Q2 of FY24, TCS observed a reduction of over 6,300 in its total employee count
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Largest IT services company TCS on Wednesday announced that it has asked its 6.14 lakh-plus employees to work from offices, ending the practice of remote working that started due to the pandemic. The company -- the first major IT services firms to announce such a move -- has asked its workforce to return to offices because of the need to deepen the value systems and a belief in productivity gains coming from co-working, TCS Chief Human Resources Officer Milind Lakkad told reporters. "We strongly believe that they need to come to work so that the new workforce gets integrated with the larger workforce of TCS. And that is the only way they will learn and understand and internalise the TCS values and the TCS way. So yes, we are asking people to come all days in a week," Lakkad said. He added that in the last three years, it has hired a large number of people and hence, it is essential to instil the same values in all employees. When asked if the company has scrapped its '25 by 25' ...
TCS also announced a dividend of Rs 9 per share. The record date will October 9, 2023 and the payment date is November 7, 2023
The NSE Nifty 50 index settled 0.62% higher at 19,811.35, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.60% to 66,473.05
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