‘Back to office’ trend triggers higher attrition among women employees of TCS

India’s largest software firm Tata Consultancy Services said it has seen an increase in attrition among women since the company asked employees to return to office.

In a note to shareholders in the annual report, Milind Lakkad, HR head of TCS said that historically women’s attrition at TCS has been similar or lower than men’s attrition; however, that has changed now.

“There might be other reasons but intuitively, I would think working from home during the pandemic reset the domestic arrangements for some women, keeping them from returning to office even after everything normalized,” said Lakkad.