HCLTech adds 3,489 employees in Q2FY26, reduces attrition to 12.6%

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HCLTech reported a net addition of 3,489 employees during the September quarter (Q2FY26), bringing its total workforce to 226,640.

The company had seen a decline of 269 employees in the preceding quarter.

In Q2, HCLTech also onboarded 5,196 freshers, taking the total fresher addition to 7,180 as of H1FY26.

Voluntary attrition on a last twelve months (LTM) basis stood at 12.6 percent, plunging 20 basis points from previous quarter.

HCLTech is in the midst of restructuring its operations, including a planned reduction in headcount outside India over the next few quarters.

The Noida-headquartered firm had previously hinted that the move is aimed at achieving operational agility and protecting margins amid a shifting technology landscape dominated by artificial intelligence (AI).

Ram Sundararajan, Chief People Officer, HCLTech said, "We added 3,489 people in September quarter. That’s an increase of 1.6% which in comparison to the 2.4% revenue growth that we reported -- there’s an increase in revenue per employee.

"During this quarter we added 5,196 freshers, that’s more than double the number we added in the same quarter last year. If you look at the AMJ and JAS quarter, that’s 7,180 freshers. What we had in H1FY26 is almost 92% of what we had in the full year last year," he added.

Meanwhile, India’s largest IT services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), saw its headcount decline by 19,755 on a net basis in the second quarter of FY26, a period when the company announced plans to let go of about 2 percent of its workforce, or roughly 12,000 employees.

With the latest increase, TCS now employs 5,93,314 people, the company said on October 9.