Tcs Offer Letter
Tcs Offer Letter
Tcs Offer Letter
Ref: TCSL/CT20223943542/bangalore
Date: 15/07/2024.
Thank you for exploring career opportunities with TATA Consultancy Services Limited (TCSL).
You have successfully completed our initial selection process and we are pleased to make you
an offer.
This offer is based on your profile and performance in the selection process. You have been
selected for the position of Assistant System Engineer-Trainee in Grade Y. You will be a
part of the application development and maintenance projects across any of the business units of
TCSL.
Your gross salary including all benefits will be `3,36,877/- per annum, as per the terms and
conditions set out herein. Over and above this, you will also be eligible for Learning Incentives
(Readiness Incentive and/or Competency Incentive) basis your performance in TCS Xplore
Program which gives you an additional earning potential of upto Rs.60,000 during the first
year.Annexure-1 provides the break-up of the compensation package.
Kindly confirm your acceptance of this offer online through the option 'Accept Offer letter'. If not
accepted within 7 Days, it will be construed that you are not interested in this employment and
this offer will be automatically withdrawn.
After you accept this offer, you will be given a joining letter indicating the details of your joining
date and initial place of posting. The Joining letter will be issued to you only upon successful
completion of your academic course, you meeting the TCS eligibility criteria & you completing the
mandatory pre-joining learning curriculum named TCS Xplore (detailed under Terms &
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Conditions). You will also be issued a letter of appointment at the time of your joining after
completing joining formalities as per company policy. Your offer is subject to a positive
background check.
BASIC SALARY
You will be eligible for a basic salary of `14,784/- per month.
The components under Bouquet of Benefits are listed below. The amounts given here for each of
the components below are as per pre-defined structure. However you may want to re-distribute
the BoB amount between the components as per your tax plan, once you join TCSL. To design
your Bouquet of Benefits, you may access the link to BoB in the "Employee Self Service" link on
"Ultimatix", the internal portal of TCSL. Taxation will be governed by the Income Tax rules. TCSL
will be deducting tax at source as per income tax guidelines.
3. Food Card
You will be eligible for a Food Card. It can be used to purchase food items at all domestic
VISA enabled restaurants and fast food restaurants including TCS cafeterias.As per the
Pre-Defined structure you will be eligible for a Food Card with an amount of `500/-
being credited to this card per month. However you may want to re-distribute the BoB
amount between the components as per your tax plan, once you join TCSL.
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PERFORMANCE PAY
Quarterly Variable Allowance is subject to review on your first anniversary and may undergo a
change based on the actual performance of the Company, your business unit and your own
ongoing individual performance. The payment is subject to your being active on the company
rolls on the date of announcement of Quarterly Variable Allowance.
This Pay/Allowance shall be treated as productivity bonus in lieu of statutory profit bonus.
Performance Pay will be effective upon successful completion of the TCS Xplore Programme.
CITY ALLOWANCE
You will be eligible for a City Allowance of `200/- per month. This is specific to India and is
linked to your base branch. In the event of a change in your base branch this amount may
undergo a change. It will stand to be discontinued while on international assignments. This
allowance is fully taxable and subject to review.
OTHER BENEFITS
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1. Basic Cover
i. Entitlement - Includes domiciliary expenses up to `6,000/- per insured person per
annum and basic hospitalization expenses up to `2,00,000/- per insured person per
annum.
ii. Premium - Basic premium for self, spouse and three children is entirely borne by TCSL,
provided these members are explicitly enrolled by you under the scheme. Additionally, if
you wish to cover dependent parents/parents-in-law or remaining children, the applicable
premium per insured person is to be borne by you.
2. Higher Hospitalisation
Coverage under Higher Hospitalisation is mandatory. Under this scheme, you and your
enrolled dependents will be automatically covered under Higher Hospitalisation benefits.
i. Entitlement - You and your enrolled dependants will be entitled for `12, 00,000/- as a
family floater coverage towards hospitalisation expenses, over and above the individual
basic coverage.
ii. Premium - For Higher Hospitalisation, a part of the premium will be recovered from your
salary and the differential premium will be borne by TCSL.
Maternity Leave
Women employees are eligible to avail maternity leave of twenty six weeks. Adopting or
commissioning mother,may avail maternity leave for twelve weeks. For more details on the
benefits and eligibility, once you join, please refer TCS India Policy - Maternity Leave.
Loans
You will be eligible for loans, as per TCSL's loan policy.
Professional Memberships
You will be eligible for reimbursement of expenses towards professional membership as per
TCSL's policy.
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RETIRALS
Provident Fund
You will be a member of the Provident Fund as per the provisions of "The Employees Provident
Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952", and TCSL will contribute 12% of your basic
salary every month as per the provisions of the said Act.
Gratuity
You will be entitled to gratuity as per the provisions of the Gratuity Act, 1972.
As communicated to you through various forums during the recruitment process, your
appointment is subject to completion of your course within the stipulated time as specified
by your University/Institute and as per TCSL selection guidelines.
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3. Training Period
You will be required to undergo class room and on the job training in the first twelve
months (including the TCS Xperience Programme as set out herein below), during which
period you will be appraised for satisfactory performance during/after which TCSL would
normally confirm you.
However, TCSL may even otherwise at its sole discretion terminate the traineeship any
time if your performance is not found satisfactory. The terms and conditions of the training
will be governed by TCSL's training policy. TCSL reserves the right to modify or amend
the training policy.
If you remain unauthorizedly absent for a consecutive period of 3 days during the training
programme, you shall be deemed to have abandoned your traineeship and your name will
automatically stand discontinued from the list of TCS Xperience trainees without any
further intimation/separate communication to you.
4. Working Hours
Your working hours are governed by applicable law. You may be required to work in shifts
and/or over time depending upon the business exigencies as permitted by law.
5. Mobility
TCSL reserves the right to transfer you at any of its offices, work sites, or associated or
affiliated companies in India or outside India, on the terms and conditions as applicable to
you at the time of transfer.
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confirmed employee of TCSL, you are not permitted to undertake any other employment,
business, assume any public or private office, honorary or remunerative, without the prior
written permission of TCSL.
9. Confidentiality Agreement
As part of your acceptance of this appointment as an employee with TCS you are
required to maintain strict confidentiality of the intellectual property rights protected
information and other business information of TCS and its clients which may be revealed
to you by TCS or which may in the course of your engagement with TCS come your
possession or knowledge unless specifically authorized to do so in writing by TCS. This
Confidentiality Clause shall survive the termination or earlier determination of this
Appointment. The detailed Confidentiality related terms and conditions are set out in
Annexure 3.
It is essential that you understand the applicable Policy and / or the Guidelines of such
flexible working and ensure adherence to TCS Security Policies/Protocols and
Confidentiality obligations at all times.
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12. Overseas International Assignment Agreement
If you are on international assignment, you will be covered by the TCS India
Policy-International Assignments (from India to other Countries) from the date of
placement for an international assignment. Accordingly, you will be required to sign the
Overseas International Assignment Agreement/s and any other applicable related
documents pertaining to the international assignment for which you are being placed In
case of every international assignment that exceeds 30 days, you will be required to
serve TCSL as per the Notice Period clause mentioned below.
This is to ensure that the knowledge and information gained by you during your
assignment is shared and available to TCSL and its associates.This transfer of
knowledge and information is essential for TCSL to continue to serve its clients and
customers better.If you are deputed internationally for training,you will be required to sign
an agreement to serve TCSL for a minimum period of 6 months on completion of training.
ii. Your failure to comply with this clause will entail monetary payment of damages to TCS
as may be determined by TCS at its sole discretion having regard to the responsibilities
shouldered by you while being in the employment of TCS and business continuity.
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16. Retirement
You will retire from the services of TCSL on reaching your 60th birthday as per the proof
of age submitted by you at the time of joining.
Please carry the below listed Original Documents for verification on your joining day.
- Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card - You are required to submit a copy of your PAN
card along with other joining forms, immediately on joining. As per Indian Income Tax
rules, the PAN number is a mandatory requirement for processing salary
- Aadhaar Card
- Standard X and XII/Diploma mark sheets & Certificate
- Degree certificate/Provisional Degree Certificate and mark sheets for all semesters of
Graduation
- Degree certificate and mark sheets for all semesters of your Post Graduation(if you are a
Postgraduate)
- Overseas Citizenship of India (applicable if you are not an Indian Nationality). For
Srilankan Refugee, a Refugee Identity card along with Work Permit is required
- Birth Affidavit on Rs100 stamp paper, if Birth Certificate not in English
- Any other affidavits on Rs100 stamp paper if applicable (name affidavit for multiple
names, signature affidavits,
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address affidavits etc.)
- Passport / Acknowledgement letter of passport application
- Gap/Break in career affidavit on Rs100 stamp paper, if gap is more than 6 months
- 4 passport sized photographs
- Medical Certificate (Should be made on the format provided by TCS along with the
Joining letter)
- An affidavit/notarized undertaking (Non-Criminal Affidavit, should be made on the format
provided by TCSL) stating :
*There is no criminal offence registered/pending against you
*There is no disciplinary case pending against you in the university
- If you were employed, a formal Relieving letter & Experience letter from your previous
employer
In addition to the above original documents, Please carry Xerox copies of the below
documents
The said training forms a critical part of your employment with TCSL and is an ongoing
process. TCSL continues to make investment on training and continuing education of its
professionals. This will be of immense value to you as a professional and a large part of
the ownership and commitment has to come from you.
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22. Letter of Appointment
You will be issued a letter of appointment at the time of your joining and after completing
joining formalities as per TCSL policy.
(c) After you join TCS, there would be more sets of Personal Information (PI) attributes
processed for various legitimate purposes. All of it will be processed with compliance to
applicable laws and the TCS Data Privacy Policy. In some scenarios of your PI
processing, you will be provided with appropriate notice and/or explicit consent might be
obtained from time to time.
(d) For the purposes mentioned above, your required PI may be shared with specific
vendor organizations who provide services to TCS, e.g. Â background check, health
insurance, counselling, travel, transport and visa, payroll services, associate engagement
activities, and financial and taxation services.
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(e) As TCS is a global company, your PI may be shared with entities outside India, limited
for the purposes mentioned above and/or in this offer letter.
(f) In case of oversees deputation, available privacy rights would be governed as per
regulatory provisions and / or TCS policies/notice provided applicable at your overseas
location.
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Withdrawal of Offer
If you fail to accept the offer from TCSL within 7 days, it will be construed that you are not
interested in this employment and this offer will be automatically withdrawn.
Post acceptance of TCSL Offer letter if you fail to join on the date provided in the TCSL Joining
letter, the offer will stand automatically terminated at the discretion of TCSL.
Yours Sincerely,
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GROSS SALARY SHEET Annexure 1
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Annexure 2
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Annexure 3
1. Confidential Information
"Confidential Information" shall mean all Inventions and Know-how, information and
material of TCS (including for avoidance of doubt any Confidential Information of its
Clients) that comes into the possession or know of the Associate and shall include the
following:
(a) Any and all information processing programs, software, properties, items, information,
data, material or any nature whatsoever or any parts thereof, additions thereto and
materials related thereto, produced or created at any time by TCS or the Associate in the
course of or in connection with or arising out of the Associate's association with TCS.
Program/Software shall mean source code and/or machine instructions wherever resident
and on whatever media and all related documentation and software,
(b) All other information and material of TCS relating to design, method of construction,
manufacture, operation, specifications, use and services of the TCS equipment and
components, including, but not limited to, engineering and laboratory notebooks, reports,
process data, test data, performance data, inventions, trade secrets, systems, software,
object codes, source codes, copyrighted matters, methods, drawings, computations,
calculations, computer programs, narrations, flow charts and all documentation therefore
and all copies thereof (including for avoidance of doubt any such material belonging to the
Clients of TCS).
(c) Corporate strategies and other confidential and proprietary material and information,
which could cause competitive harm to TCS if disclosed,
(e) All other information and material, which may be created, developed, conceived,
gathered or collected or obtained by the Associate in the course of or arising out of the
association with TCS or while in or in connection with or for the purposes of his/her
association with TCS or any of the operations and entrusted by TCS to the Associate.
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2. Associate's Obligations
Associate agrees to treat the Confidential Information as strictly confidential and a trade
secret of TCS. Associate agrees not to use, or cause to be used, or disclose or divulge or
part with either directly or indirectly the Confidential Information for the benefit of or to any
third parties except for or on behalf of or as directed or authorized by TCS or to a person
having a valid contract with or need under TCS, any Confidential Information. Upon
termination of employment, the Associate agrees to surrender to TCS all Confidential
Information that he or she may then possess or have under his or her control.
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4. Prior knowledge
Associate acknowledges that prior to his or her appointment by TCS, he or she had no
knowledge of the Confidential Information of TCS and that such Confidential Information
is of a confidential and secret character and is vital to the continued success of TCS's
business. Associate further acknowledges that he or she is associated with TCS in a
capacity in which he or she will become acquainted with all or part of such Confidential
Information. In order to safeguard the legitimate interests of TCS in such Confidential
Information, it is necessary for TCS to protect such Confidential Information by holding it
secret and confidential.
Associate understands that working in this hybrid environment may have higher
confidentiality and information security risks. Associate acknowledges that when working
remotely the Associate:
(a) will work only in a private, secured work area in compliance with the guidelines
issued and amended from time to time.
(b) will comply with and work in a manner consistent with TCS Data Privacy and Security
Policies/Protocols.
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(c) will bring to the notice of HR of the Unit to any circumstances that prevent Associate
from working in a manner consistent with TCS data privacy and security policies/
protocols.
(d) will inform the HR of the Unit if the Associate shares a home with any family member
or an individual who is employed by a competitor of TCS or TCS client the Associate is
assigned to, or if any other circumstances at home exist which implicates the TCS Code
of Conduct Conflict of Interest provision.
(e) will ensure utmost care and adhere to Confidentiality, IP Protection / Non-Disclosure
obligations.
(f) will be using the Company allotted laptop or similar authorized computing device
(together called "official asset") only to connect to TCS network/customer network through
authorized means (or the Customer provided laptop to access the customer network if so,
mandated by the Customer).
(g) will not allow anybody to share the official asset being used.
9. No License
TCS and Associate agree that no license under any patent or copyright now existing or
hereafter obtained by TCS is granted, agreed to be granted, or implied by the terms of
this Agreement, or by the disclosure to Associate of the Confidential Information.
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10. Equitable Rights
Associate acknowledges that any Confidential Information that comes into the possession
and / or knowledge of Associate is of a unique, highly confidential and proprietary nature.
It is further acknowledged by Associate that the disclosure, distribution, dissemination and
/ or release by Associate of the Confidential Information without the prior written consent
of TCS or any breach of this Agreement by Associate will cause TCS to suffer severe,
immediate and irreparable damage and that upon any such breach or any threat thereof,
TCS shall without prejudice to any other remedies available to it, be entitled to
appropriate equitable relief including the relief of specific performance and injunctive
relief, in addition to whatever remedies it might have at law.
11. General
(a) The provisions hereof shall be interpreted, determined and enforced in accordance
with the laws of India.
(b) In the event of any dispute or disagreement over the interpretation of any of the terms
herein contained or may claim or liability of any party including that of surety, the same
shall be referred to a person to be nominated by TCS, whose decision shall be final and
binding upon the parties hereto. Subject to the above, the arbitration shall be governed by
the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1999 or any modifications or re-enactment thereof.
Associate confirms that the fact that the arbitrator shall be a nominee of TCS shall not be
a ground for objecting to such arbitration or challenging the decision of the arbitrator. The
venue of arbitration shall be Mumbai. Subject to the above arbitration clause, the Parties
agreed to the binding jurisdiction of the Courts at Mumbai under the laws of India.
(c) If any provision hereof shall be found by a judicial tribunal to be contrary to governing
law, it shall be deemed null and void without annulling or rendering invalid the remainder
of the Agreement and if the invalid portion is such that the remainder cannot be sustained
without it, the Parties herein shall find a suitable replacement to the invalid portion that
shall be legally valid.
(d) This Confidentiality clause along with other documents executed by Associate or
referenced in any such documents constitutes the entire understanding between the
parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining to the subject
matter thereof. No delay of omission of either Party in exercising or enforcing any of their
rights or remedies hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.
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(e) This Confidentiality clause may not be amended except in writing signed by authorized
representatives of both parties.
(f) The obligations of Associate in terms of this Confidentiality clause shall continue during
the term of or in the course of the employment of the Associate with TCS and shall
continue thereafter in perpetuity.
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