"We are trying to bring in some of these elements for a certain section of our employees. We are doing a proof of concept of creating a gig workforce within the company," says Lakkad.
HR experts also point that pre-pandemic industry attrition was in the range of 12-13 per cent, to come back to that level is going to take some time.
TCS Q2 earnings review: Its attrition inched up to 21.5 per cent over the preceding quarter's 19.7 per cent. It said the quarterly annualized attrition has peaked in Q2 and should taper down from here
The IT major reported net profit of Rs 10,431 crore, up 8.4 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and 10 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)
There is an "Inverse Head and Shoulder" pattern getting established on the daily chart. Technically, this pattern breakout over Rs 3,150 levels would add aggressive bets on the stock.
In Q2FY23, TCS saw an eight per cent year-on-year (YoY) jump in its net profit to Rs 10,465 crore, beating the estimates
"Attrition will need at least four quarters to come down to 20%. But the overall number of people leaving the company will come down significantly," said Milind Lakkad, Chief HR Officer of TCS.
Net profit has crossed the Rs 10,000-crore mark for the first time
Many of India's top IT services firms are looking at various cost-cutting measures, as they are worried that tightening budgets at recession-wary US and European clients will sharply hit their profits
The firm's consolidated revenue from operations rose 18% to Rs 55,309 cr
Analysts expect TCS to post a sequential revenue growth of 3-4.6 per cent in constant currency terms, while its net profit may rise in the range of 6-10.7 per cent from the last quarter