TCS employee suspended after reporting security incident to company: “No one helped me at all”

A Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee said he was suspended after reporting a security incident to the company. The employee reported the incident on Reddit, writing that his manager asked employees to use their personal laptops and share login credentials.

“I reported a security incident in TCS where my manager forced employees to use their personal laptops and share login credentials,” the employee wrote.

The employee also said his suspension violates company policy that says no action can be taken against a whistleblower. He also said that he did not receive any help from his supervisor or HR because he did not have a good relationship with them.

“As per the TCS whistleblower policy, no action can be taken against whistleblowers, but today I received a suspension notice. Some background: My HR and managers will not help me due to poor relationships,” the employee wrote.

Users responded to the post and offered suggestions for the employee to take on next. One user wrote: “Raise it on LinkedIn. Marking senior officials of the Tata Group. (Not just TCS). This entire act is against the Tata code of conduct. Spread this like wildfire on x, LinkedIn and other social media platforms.”

Another advised: “Raise this issue with the TCS Ethics Committee.” They will definitely look into it. When I was at TCS ILP, I remember there was an altercation between the faculty and one of our staff members. The faculty told the staff member that they would fail him in the final, and they did. He reported her to the ethics committee and a team came to the ILP center to investigate. The employee was later handed over.”