Field notes from India’s GCC talent market.
Written by the people carrying the mandates. Drawn from live placement data, not desk research. Published when we have something specific to say.
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The 18-month exit cliff is real. The cause isn't what HR thinks.
Across 64 GCCs we track, attrition spikes at the 18-month mark. The triggers cluster around four things — and only two are inside HR's control.
Why your shortlist is worse than your candidate pool
Most GCC TA teams are filtering for the wrong signals. We ran an audit across 312 mandates. The pattern is uncomfortable.
What senior professionals actually want in 2026
Drawn from 412 conversations with Director–VP candidates this quarter. The headline isn't compensation. It isn't flexibility either.
The capability-deepening playbook most GCCs ignore
There's a structural decision every GCC over 800 people has to make. Most defer it. The ones who don't are pulling ahead.
The hidden cost of paying at the 75th percentile
It sounds defensible. It's also why your offer-accept rate is dropping. The real benchmark isn't where you think.
GenAI hires aren't the same as AI/ML hires. Most JDs miss it.
There are three distinct profiles being confused for one. The mis-hire rate is predictable. The fix is upstream of recruitment.
Tier 2 isn't the next Bengaluru. It's something else.
The Hyderabad/Pune narrative misreads what's actually happening in Coimbatore, Jaipur, and Ahmedabad. The talent geography is changing.
Counter-offers are working again. Quietly.
For most of 2023-24 counter-offers had a 40% bite rate. We're now seeing 58%. The market signal beneath that number matters.
The GCC head's hiring authority problem
Most GCC heads in India still don't have unilateral hiring authority over their leadership team. The cost shows up later, in places no one connects to that decision.
Eight things we’re tracking, week in, week out.
Each topic has its own editorial point of view. Click any of them for the full archive and our position on what the rest of the market is missing.
AI in the workplace
What's actually changing in how work gets done — separated from what consulting firms claim is changing.
GCC leadership
What it actually takes to run a Global Capability Centre in India — and where most leadership models break.
Pay & compensation transparency
Salary intelligence drawn from live placements. What roles pay, what bands look like, where they're moving.
The future of GCC hiring
Where this market is going — and which parts of the current playbook won't survive the next three years.
Talent & recruitment
The mechanics of hiring well in a market that rewards speed over judgment. The judgment part.
Attrition & retention
Why people leave, why people stay, and which interventions actually move the numbers.
Employee experience
What senior professionals actually want from work in 2026. Where companies meet it. Where they don't.
Workforce management
How GCCs build, structure, and re-shape teams. Operating models, span of control, location strategy.
One number that moved. One read on what it means. One ask for the week ahead.
Thursday morning. Five minutes. Built from the previous week’s live placement data and the conversations we’re having with GCC leaders right now. No pitch. No recap of the news you’ve already seen.