By Ishita Ganguly

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“A female employee working at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) shared a stressful experience where she “denied” her resignation after being asked to step down by the company”s human resources (HR) team. TCS Employee opens up about ‘mental harassment’ on Reddit Advertisment In a Reddit post titled “I denied my resignation in TCS,” the employee explained how she stood her ground while opening up about the emotional and professional pressure she experienced. She wrote, “It”s been 3 days since I was asked to resign in a meeting room. I denied it. I was crying and afraid, but TCS is my first company—I have nothing to lose.” The TCS employee claimed that the company had even “threatened” her with “a bad review after termination.” “So, I said, “Okay, do as you like, but I”m not going to resign,” and I came out of that meeting room. I was crying, I was scared, but I tried to be strong at that time,” she continued. The Redditor further shared that she is not a senior employee and her name was not on the list of targeted staff. “These people are targeting benched employees first because they are easy targets. They are freezing our profiles so that no project can see us or call us for allocation. Even if we get a project through our contacts, RMG calls that project and asks them to cancel our allocation,” she claimed. The woman admitted that she is unsure about her next steps but is “just going with the flow.” She also disclosed the ongoing harassment faced by other employees at her branch. “HR is calling them daily for meetings, asking them to resign, and threatening them with various things like freezing their salary, blacklisting them, giving them bad reviews, saying nobody will hire them, etc. But again and again, they are ignoring and fighting. It”s been more than 10 days, and those employees are still in TCS but struggling,” she added. The female techie described the situation as “literally mental harassment, torture, and such a toxic thing they are doing to employees.” She added, “I joined TCS because of its work culture and job security, even with a very low salary. Now I regret it—I should have chosen another company. After Ratan Tata, this company is messed up.” I Denied my resignation in TCS.byu/Fun_Doughnut6040 inIndianWorkplace Netizens respond The post went viral as Reddit users shared advice in the comment section. One user commented, “TBH ask them for 3 months of severance and leave, else fight legally!! Nothing more, nothing less.” Another said, “Dude, what is the point of working for an organisation that doesn”t want you? I feel it”s better you negotiate severance and leave.” “There is no point in staying at such a toxic place. Always remember your mental peace is always ahead of these things,” someone commented. Also read: ‘Most MBAs are outdated, learn how to build Products’: Anupam Mittal (startuppedia.in)”