Indian GCCs Cut 6,000+ Jobs in 2025 Amid Macro Pressure, AI Reshaping Workforce

• Indian Global Capability Centres (GCCs) laid off over 6,000 employees in 2025 due to global parent company pressures, including trade tariffs and AI-led restructuring.
• Layoffs impacted sectors like engineering, automotive, aerospace, retail, and big tech, with Technicolor alone accounting for 3,000 job losses.
• Despite layoffs, India saw record new GCC setups and 135,000-150,000 net new jobs in 2025, driven by demand for quality talent.
• Industry experts view layoffs as a 'sectoral reset' to improve productivity in a post-AI world, consolidating non-strategic areas while ramping up AI-focused teams.
• Layoffs are also a reflection of macroeconomic headwinds affecting parent organizations globally, with Indian teams closely integrated with global product strategies.