Cognizant lays off employees across multiple India locations

BENGALURU: Cognizant is laying off employees across a number of its locations in India. The exact numbers are not clear, but IT employee unions allege it is at least several hundreds. Vinod AJ, general secretary of the All India Forum for IT Employees (AIFITE), said Cognizant employees across Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Kochi and Kolkata have been affected.

FITE said in a communication to the labour department and other government officials that some 18,000 employees are on the bench (those without projects), and many of them could be affected.

Suraj Nidiyanga, secretary of the Karnataka State IT/ITES Employees Union (KITU), said they have got 20 complaints from Cognizant employees in Bengaluru, and 20 more have complained to their Tamil Nadu union. “Cognizant is indulging in large-scale retrenchment of people on its benches,” he said.