‘Silent layoffs’ tighten grip in 2025: 50k tech jobs on the line

So-called silent layoffs are putting the squeeze on India’s tech industry workforce, and the numbers could be 50,000 people or more by the end of this year, according to experts.

While Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) drew much attention when it announced in July that it was sacking 2% of its workforce (about 12,000 out of 600,000) by March 2026, scores of large and medium-sized technology services companies have been asking people to resign or find other jobs quietly. While the total number of dismissals is difficult to measure, estimates peg this…