No outsourcing of jobs to TCS say council

Cardiff Council and Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) moved quickly today to dismiss information in the international media suggesting that their recently signed long term strategic partnership will result in the outsourcing of jobs.

Cardiff Council has made it very clear in all press releases that the new partnership will not involve any Council staff being transferred to the private sector.

Instead TCS will bring its global technical expertise and private sector commercial know-how to support a major change to the way in which the Council’s technology infrastructure supports its day to day operations and facilitates improved service delivery to the citizens and communities of Cardiff.

TCS Lucknow Campus

The company will work closely with the Council’s ICT Service to help deliver more efficient systems and ensure both parties benefit from an exchange of knowledge and experience.

Councillor Mark Stephens, Executive Member for Finance and Service Delivery, said: “These reports in the media are very disappointing and completely inaccurate as we have been very specific since this contract was signed that there will be no job transfers. Many reports are describing this as an ‘outsourcing deal’ but that is simply not the case. This is very much a partnership to ensure staff both here and in TCS learn valuable new skills from each other.”

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) (BSE: 532540, (NSE:TCS)), is a software services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is India’s largest provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange of India.

TCS is part of one of India’s largest and oldest conglomerates, the Tata Group, which has interests in areas such as energy, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, chemicals, engineering, materials, government and healthcare.