Fired US employees accuse TCS of giving their jobs to Indian H-1B visa workers; Tata Group's company responds
TCS is hiring freshers; applications open till April 10. Here's how to apply Usually, layoffs in companies affect majorly the seniors, but the former TCS staff said that the Indian firm broke the law by targeting them based on their race. They claimed that TCS gave preferential treatment to Indian workers in the US on the coveted H-1B visas.
As per the WSJ report, 22 former TCS staff have filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission since December 2023. The complainant are Caucasians, Asian-Americans, and Hispanic Americans ranging in the age of 40 to 60s. The fired employees have master's of business administration or other advanced degrees, the WSJ report mentioned.
Chart beat: Indian IT firms’ exposure to H-1B visas at a multi-year low The former TCS workers said that despite receiving rave reviews from the company, they were abruptly taken off projects last year. Some ex-employees alleged that TCS management opposed their efforts to find new assignments at the company. One of the complaints mentioned that their work was taken over by "less-experienced" Indian nationals on H-1B visas.
A former employee also cited TCS' global human resources head Milind Lakkad's remark that he gave to an Indian media channel. He said that TCS is trying to reduce the number of Americans it employs in the IS and would like to provide opportunities to Indians there. Tata Sons unlocks TCS vaults for second time in four months Meanwhile, the Indian IT service firm has denied the allegations by the 22 US employees.
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