India's six biggest IT firms shed ~24,000 jobs in a year as lean teams arrive
_jaydeepkarale · x · 2026-10-23
Per Xpheno data, the combined headcount of TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, Tech Mahindra and LTIMindtree fell from 822,144 (Oct 2025) to 797,722 (Oct 2026) — a net drop of 24,000 in one year.
The poster argues that leaner teams are coming whether the industry likes it or not — a trend widely read as AI automation squeezing the traditional IT outsourcing labor model.
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