Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is reported to have connected salary hikes and variable payouts for employees with adherence to its recent directive to return to the office, as per TOI. TCS mandated a five-day work-from-office policy for specific teams in the latter part of the previous year. The company has instructed unit leaders to convey to their teams that the evaluation of grades, essential for implementing promotions, will be contingent on their past performance of working from the office.