Once we make a job offer, we honour it: TCS outgoing CEO & MD Gopinathan

The US has turned out to be surprising and hence difficult to call out for the short term, says Rajesh Gopinathan

For Rajesh Gopinathan, outgoing chief executive officer and managing director, TCS, Q4 FY23 was his last full quarter in the company. Gopinathan, while refraining from answering questions related to his resignation, says only after the new CEO takes over will he discuss anything else. In an interview with Shivani Shinde, he talks about the macro environment, getting to a normal cycle on issues related to people, and growth. Edited excerpts:

Q4FY23 was a huge surprise. What are clients saying and do you see this pain continuing?

We are not negative on the macro. We shared only what happened in the