TCS sends memo to employees not following roster, read what it says – Times of India

India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) seems to be getting strict on its return to office policy. The company has started sending memos to employees who are not completing at least 12 days of work from the office in a month. The memo warns employees that disciplinary proceedings will be initiated if they do not adhere to the roster.
What the memo says
“You are warned and directed to start reporting to work from your office location as per the assigned roster with immediate effect,” says the memo, a copy of which TOI has seen.
TCS among the first IT services companies to call staff back to office
TCS was among the first IT services companies to call back its employees to the office. It is also the only one so far to enforce it strictly. Others like Infosys have asked employees to come twice a week but that has not been made mandatory yet.
In October 2022, the company told employees that managers would roster them for three days a week which they must follow. TCS told employees that work from home would not be encouraged except for medical emergencies. The company also communicated that there would be deduction of salary or leaves for employees not following the roster. According to the guidelines for an exemption from the work from office requirement, employees can raise a request five days prior. The HR will not accept any backdated work from home applications. They also suggest that associates should cancel their roster if anyone wants to work from home for two to three days and compensate for those days during the course of the month.
TCS on memo
In response to questions from TOI, TCS said, “We are excited to see our campuses buzzing with energy and want all our employees to be a part of that vibrant ecosystem. A significant number of employees have joined TCS in the last two years. It is important for them to experience the TCS environment to collaborate, learn, grow and also have fun together, thus developing a stronger sense of belonging to the organisation and enabling better integration.”
The statement went on to state that over the last several months the company has been encouraging associates in India to return to office and spend three days a week at the workplace. “This has yielded good results with many of our people returning to office. Our objective is to have all associates work from office for at least three days a week on average in the month, and towards the same we continue working with all our groups to have everyone participate. For now, we have not communicated or deployed linkages to career or compensation,” it said.