Indian IT giants are changing their hiring strategies and workforce policies as per economic challenges and tariff concerns. In financial disclosures for the quarter/year ending March 31 2025 IT companies like TCS Infosys and Wipro shared updates on hiring plans salary revisions headcount changes and layoffs.  TCS Hiring Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) plans to recruit 42000 freshers in FY26 which is almost similar to its hiring numbers of the previous fiscal year. Chief Human Resource Officer Milind Lakkad shared this update during the companys earnings press conference. Salary Hike This year TCS didn’t give its usual April salary hikes deferred from its standard increment cycle. Headcount and Layoffs Attrition rate: 13.3% for the quarter ending March 31 2025. Headcount : The total headcount rose to 607979 which is an increase from 601546 in Q4 FY24 with 6433 new employees added. Layoffs: While TCS has not officially announced layoffs but Bloomberg reported allegations of biased practices in layoffs in the U.S. which the company denied. Infosys Hiring Infosys plans to hire over 20000 freshers in FY26. For FY25 the company added 6388 employees which made its total workforce to 323578 up from 317240 in the previous year. Salary Hike A portion of salary hikes was given in January and a letter was rolled out from April 1. Average hike: 5-8% lower than the previous year.Top performers received hikes of 10-12%. Headcount and Layoffs Attrition rate: 14.1% in Q4 FY25 up from 13.7% in the previous quarter. Layoffs: According to several media reports Infosys terminated 300 trainees earlier this year after they failed in evaluation tests.  Wipro Hiring Wipro hired around 12000 freshers from campuses in FY25 but didn’t disclose its FY26 hiring target. The company added 612 employees during the March 2025 quarter. Salary Hike Wipro has not given any update regarding salary hikes and said that decisions will be made closer to the implementation date. Headcount and Layoffs Attrition rate: 15% little down from 15.3% in the previous quarter. Workforce: The total headcount increased to 233346 employees with a net addition of 1032 employees in FY25. Layoffs: There have been no official reports of layoffs at Wipro.