After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) issued an internal circulation announcing plans to cut around 12,000 of its global workforce, employees of the IT major have expressed rage and anguish over the move.

The announcement comes close on the heels of a controversial “bench policy” announced by the company in June, which could translate to job loss for employees on the bench.

The move has drawn strong reactions from several IT and ITeS unions.

Multiple blows in a month

Harpreet Singh Saluja, president at Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), informed that the union has filed a formal complaint with the Ministry of Labour and Employment against the company and termed the layoff “illegal.”