HCLTech’s Gen Z share climbs amid lean hiring

HCLTech workforce is steadily getting younger even as its overall employee base has remained largely unchanged over the past four years, indicating that hiring has been concentrated at entry levels while the company continues to maintain a lean workforce. According to the IT major’s FY26 annual report, Gen Z employees accounted for 31% of its total headcount of 227,181 at the end of the fiscal year, up from 28% a year earlier and 24% in FY23.