TCS COO on why the business has given workers a final deadline to stop working from home

According to reports, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has added an extra quarter to the deadline for staff members to return to work. A new article in the Economic Times claims that the corporation has offered workers till the end of March to return to work. “NG Subramaniam, the chief operating officer, told ET that there would be consequences if work from the office (WFO) is not resumed by that time.”
Restoring workers to the workplace has grown to be a problem for the whole sector. Peers of TCS also acknowledged having trouble getting more people to visit campuses. The majority of businesses have roster systems in place that call for up to three days of work.

Why is this the last deadline?
The TCS COO justified the tight timeline by pointing to security concerns and work culture. He said that remote labor left both businesses and workers exposed. “We are exercising patience but have taken a principled stand that employees have to get back to offices,” he said. “We have sent employees the final communication on this and if they do not, there will be consequences to face.”
He continued, “With the kind of cyberattacks in today’s context, an organisation can inadvertently get into trouble,” he said. “There might be security dangers to enterprises, and one cannot have the type of restrictions at home.
Desire a return to the initial TCS culture
Subramaniam said, “We are very clear that we have to reclaim our original culture.” “Around 40,000 employees joined us online and quit online without any offline interaction during the pandemic and that kind of situation cannot be helpful to an organisation.”
“Remote working cannot help an organisation build a great culture”
Subramaniam discussed the significance of in-person interactions for an organization’s development, adding that “an organization can only build a pool of talent when there is in-person interaction to make leadership calls.” “Our company does not employ people who use TCS as a launching pad. An organization cannot develop a strong culture via remote working.”
Similar opinions were expressed by TCS HR chief Milind Lakkad at the company’s third-quarter results call. The business hopes to resume “normal operating mode by the end of the current fiscal year,” chief HR officer Lakkad had said, when workers return to their offices.