TCS 35-Day Bench Policy: How Are Freshers and Less-Experienced Developers Expected to Survive?
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to survive in TCS due to the recently enforced 35-day bench policy.
After this policy came into effect, associates are being assigned or pushed into projects that often don't match their skills or interests. Even when we do get calls related to our domain, the client expectations are often unrealistic.
Let me share my situation: I'm a React.js frontend developer with 2 years of experience in web development. After being benched, I received a few project calls related to React.js. However, despite completing evaluations and technical rounds, I was told they were looking for someone with 3+ or even 4+ years of experience in React — which is clearly beyond my current experience level.
Worse, I'm also receiving project calls for domains I have no background in, like Embedded Systems or C++, despite being a CSE graduate and having no hands-on experience in those areas. Even for such off-domain roles, they still expect us to have practical expertise.
At some point, we’re forced to join unrelated projects, just to avoid being flagged under the bench policy, and also at some point we are forced to be on bench to get terminated 🥲
This makes me wonder: How are people with less experience supposed to grow in the domains they're passionate about, when neither the system nor the policies support realistic career progression?
Bro. leave TCS and join some other company and see TCS destroying itself from distance. That would be fun. 😅
If this happens in the next company, then what ? Again switch? Kitna karega ?
True...its easy to speak these statements ... practically things veries person to person ,situation to situation...ultimately we can say conclusively tcs is getting cheap day by day with its policies.. seriously never thought that this big brand can go to this level...Among all top 4 Indian IT mnc I will mark this to bottom level only...
Please understand company didn't sign a contract stating that it's company's responsibility to give you project according to your "domain".
When "Freshers" or "less experienced developers" were getting packages equivalent to someone who worked continuously 10yrs here, I don't remember anyone "protesting".
Now playing field is equal 😁
Bro! You are so right.
Take it as an opportunity to learn something new. Who knows, in a few years, you may end up an expert in the area!!
That's true, but even if I were interested to learn and grow, they were expecting to have hands on on that tech.
If I get project calls from 3 different tech stack they are either asking experience or hands-on
How am I supposed to learn something random tech and do hands-on 🥲
Bro, try to see what is the common trend/tech areas you keep getting calls for.. and try to prepare yourself in those. For AWS Microsoft Google etc tcs td team used to give discount vouchers if you are interested in getting certified. Not sure if still there but you can try. Anyways would be better than doing nothing for yourself
Let me tell you the other side... I am looking for a 1-2 years of experience resource for admin role..Instead of focusing on learning freshers have their list of expectations. They want onsite.. they want 9-5 working hours.. they want WFO exception... they want project on cloud...
On top of that most of them are happy playing carrom and TT in office..
Considering freshers or less experience prime focus should be learning anything than sitting ideal and wait for someon to fire you.
Learn anything, seriously?.
So my advice to all who have interest in tech , who enjoys coding. Leave TCS. As TCS is full of this mentality, learn anything do anything and in few years become a non tech person.
In next 5 years if your programming language goes obsolete then what will you do ? Will you say if I work I work only on react.js or I will sit at home ?
Every company expects you to be agile. Learning new skills is always good .. two things in IT works one is knowing one thing in deep or knowing some thing about everything
It takes more than 35 days to build the competence level that client expects in the tech stack
I think ww3 started from our organization management, employees in between that office couples,😝😝😝
It's for everyone and just freshers
