What is the dark side of working at service based IT companies?

What could be the reason behind decreasing headcount ofTCS?

I joined TCS 3yrs ago and since then I couldn't switch. I am planning since last year March but actually not able to work on it. Even I couldn't apply actively. Currently I am involved in a role which has nothing to do with development and I feel bit less confident. So I want to know why it is so hard to leave? Does everyone feel same? Is this ecosystem somewhat responsible for this?

Tcs is an organisation where boomers hire genzs and IMPOSE values which were created when boomers were freshers and of course the salaries are also from that era.

/s [ also hoping to have some responses from people in their 30s & 40s for insights ] pls don’t say boards dene ki jagah crypto kharidna tha 2014 me🫠

I will finish 2 years in may, I worked as business analyst for 1 year 8 months and took release in order to get into a React Js project, I gave rmg all my skills, he said he could not get me a project on those skills, I am rejecting all the support projects, he threatened me saying people are getting released from company if they are not taking projects, (I cleared digital few months ago) Cut to the present- I am working on L1 Sap support, every day I feel like quitting the company, I might have applied for around 400 companies easily in the past 1 month I received call from 2 and neither had scheduled interview after knowing the notice period, If I dont take a decision now I wont be able to crack interviews later as days pass the experience I need to fake also builds, My options: 1. I thought I will keep my papers after the current hike and revoke it if I do not get any offer 2. Fight with the current manager for release on the basis of the 2 year contract he recently told, which was not mentioned while I was taken into the project. 3. Do my learnings parallelly and when I get an offer I will leave the company My current level of understanding in react is moderate, I have done few small projects and I helped one of my friends in his project for some time and I feel that I can crack interviews. Please give your suggestions, its a life thats going to change if i stay here for 2 more yrs I will come out with 0 exposure and 4 yrs experience.

I have heard that in tcs there is almost no work and people get salaries for almost free. And pressure is almost non existent. Also they never fire anyone. Is this true? And how do I apply lol.

I joined TCS as a 10 year experienced professional in Railroad Domain. I was hired for a railroad domain project and much to my surprise they had a big account in the same domain with people not having any experience in it. They claimed projects faking profiles. I was put on a system integration testing review wherein already another person was working having no clue about it as he was from oil and gas domain. I explained him understand the domain and completed the project. Second project was to work on Safety critical project for 1200 requirements. The team had 4 experienced people from other domain who resigned within a month and then all fresher's were put in. The lead without any experience of the work we were doing gave an estimate of 3 months without even consulting me. He was doing false reporting and claiming that 70% of the work was done to client. Client was already unhappy with the quality of work and they even escalated and were not happy with the false reporting status. The lead resigned and then I was asked to lead the team. I trained the people on the domain and even the basics of testing to the extent wherein I used to dictate even the test case description to fresher's in the team. As it was completely python automation, I had to even tell the team how to separate code test wise and how to parameterize functions for common lines of code. I reviewed everyone's artifacts before they checked in. I used to prepare them before client reviews how to explain the work to clients and answer client's queries in review calls. I asked my manager that it is difficult to manage here with so many fresher's and asked them for atleast 1 or 2 more domain experienced people which was rejected saying testing can be done by anyone and that even h e can explain requirement to anyone. He did not even knew what work we were doing. Everyday spent 3-4 hours on calls with teams helping them debug failures and complete their work.

Working at TCS has been nothing short of a disappointment. The so-called "job security" they boast about is the only thing going for them. Job security alone doesn't pay the bills or bring job satisfaction. My pay package is so laughable + there is no room for career growth here. It is almost like they want you to stagnate, my managers know so little that I can only think that the smart people leave and only the mediocre remain at TCS. TCS is a place where dreams go to die. I joined through TCS Ninja ~2 years ago because Amazon revoked my offer and that was my biggest mistake. I am preparing for FAANG again now.