TCS Hiring: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) registered a total headcount of 607,979 employees by end of the March 2025 quarter. However, the latest headcount figures reveal that TCS only hired a meager 625 employees, even when its attrition rate is 13.3% in the fourth quarter. However, TCS' chief HR Milind Lakkad said, the company's trainee onboarding stood at 42,000 in FY25, in-line with plan.
TCS Employees:
As per the financial results, TCS' total headcount stood at 607,979 as of March 31, 2025, which is higher by 625 employees compared to total headcount of 607,354 employees in Q3FY25.
Of the total headcount in March 2025 quarter, the employees base included 35.2% women and with 152 nationalities. Also, year-to-date, TCSers have clocked 56 million learning hours, and acquired 5.2 million competencies. IT services' attrition was at 13.3% for the last twelve months.
However, compared to Q4FY24 headcount which stood at 601,546 employees, TCS' headcount rose by 6,433 employees on a year-on-year basis.
Notably, in Q2FY25, TCS headcount was highest in the 2024-25 fiscal to the tune of 612,724 employees. From Q2 to Q4FY25, TCS's headcount declined by 4,745 employees. In the June 2024 quarter, the headcount was at 606,998.
After the Q4FY25 performance, Milind Lakkad, Chief HR Officer, said "Our trainee onboarding in FY25 was 42,000 as planned. We won the Enterprise-Wide Top Employer Certification from the Top Employers Institute. This milestone builds on TCS's achievements as a Global Top Employer for 2025, marking an unbroken record of receiving this distinction over a decade."
Lakkad added, "We continue to enjoy the pride of place as the employer of choice, and the industry-best retention rate by prioritizing a culture of professional and personal growth, wellbeing, and purpose-driven engagement for our associates."
TCS IT Services Attrition (LTM) is at 13.3% by the end of the March 2025 quarter.
It will be keenly watched how TCS' peers like Wipro, Infosys and HCL Tech perform in talent and hiring parameters during Q4FY25.
TCS Results:
Key highlights of Q4 earnings are:
- Revenue at ₹64,479 crore, +5.3% YoY (CC: 2.5%)
- Growth led by Regional Markets (+22.5%), ERU (4.6%), and BFSI (+2.5%) YoY
- Operating Margin: 24.2%
- Net Margin: 19.0%
- Strong Cash conversion: Operating Cash Flow 125.1% of Net Income
- Record Q4 TCV at $12.2 billion, Book-to-bill ratio of 1.6
- Final Dividend (proposed): ₹30 per share, to be approved at the Annual General Meeting
- Net Profit stood at Rs 12,224 crore in the quarter.
About TCS:
TCS is a digital transformation and technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service.
Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long-term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce of over 607,000 consultants in 55 countries and 180 service delivery centres across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients - helping them emerge as perpetually adaptive enterprises.
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