TCS Adds 9,279 Employees In Q1, Onboards 14,000 Freshers
TCS recorded its strongest quarterly workforce expansion in four years, adding 9,279 employees on a net basis during the Q1 of FY27.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) recorded its strongest quarterly workforce expansion in four years, adding 9,279 employees on a net basis during the first quarter of FY27 while onboarding 14,000 fresh graduates.
The hiring momentum comes even as the company deepens its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), with CEO and MD K. Krithivasan reiterating that AI will reshape job roles rather than reduce overall employment.
Speaking during the company’s Q1 FY27 earnings conference, Krithivasan said the workforce would increasingly transition towards AI-native roles as enterprises adopt new technologies.
“We do not believe that there will be drastic change in headcount. But people would be doing different things like currently if they’re doing software engineering and coding, there could be new skill sets required in terms of prompt engineering. People would be training models, testing models and doing life cycle management. So many other new opportunities would come up.”
Rejecting concerns that AI would significantly reduce white-collar employment, he added, “We do proactively want to have more top talent available in the organisation. So, whenever we see opportunity and demand to immediately deploy people in the client engagements, we hire. We don’t fully agree that AI is going to reduce the overall white collar jobs.”
As per a People Matters report, the latest hiring takes TCS’s total workforce to 593,798 employees, reflecting continued investment in talent despite growing automation across the technology sector. The company’s recruitment strategy increasingly prioritises AI, cloud, and digital capabilities while continuing to bring in campus graduates to build its future talent pipeline.
Alongside the workforce update, TCS reported first-quarter revenue of INR 72,275 Cr, surpassing market estimates, while consolidated net profit stood at INR 13,349 Cr after accounting for a one-time legal settlement. Excluding exceptional items, profit rose 8.5% year-on-year, underscoring resilience in the company’s core business even as AI-related projects continue to evolve.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) recorded its strongest quarterly workforce expansion in four years, adding 9,279 employees on a net basis during the first quarter of FY27 while onboarding 14,000 fresh graduates.
The hiring momentum comes even as the company deepens its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), with CEO and MD K. Krithivasan reiterating that AI will reshape job roles rather than reduce overall employment.
Speaking during the company’s Q1 FY27 earnings conference, Krithivasan said the workforce would increasingly transition towards AI-native roles as enterprises adopt new technologies.
“We do not believe that there will be drastic change in headcount. But people would be doing different things like currently if they’re doing software engineering and coding, there could be new skill sets required in terms of prompt engineering. People would be training models, testing models and doing life cycle management. So many other new opportunities would come up.”
Rejecting concerns that AI would significantly reduce white-collar employment, he added, “We do proactively want to have more top talent available in the organisation. So, whenever we see opportunity and demand to immediately deploy people in the client engagements, we hire. We don’t fully agree that AI is going to reduce the overall white collar jobs.”
As per a People Matters report, the latest hiring takes TCS’s total workforce to 593,798 employees, reflecting continued investment in talent despite growing automation across the technology sector. The company’s recruitment strategy increasingly prioritises AI, cloud, and digital capabilities while continuing to bring in campus graduates to build its future talent pipeline.
Alongside the workforce update, TCS reported first-quarter revenue of INR 72,275 Cr, surpassing market estimates, while consolidated net profit stood at INR 13,349 Cr after accounting for a one-time legal settlement. Excluding exceptional items, profit rose 8.5% year-on-year, underscoring resilience in the company’s core business even as AI-related projects continue to evolve.