Consultancy says machine learning advice is making bankai-pocalypseAI is proving to be a gold mine for mega tech consultancy Accenture, but if staff can't use it, then it's time to pack up their desks.In its results for the 2025 fiscal year, which ended August 31, the consultancy shop said that it's been investing in staff training to get employees up to speed. But if they are in roles that can't be augmented by AI and can't learn new skills, then the exit door is open for them. It's all tied into a broader business reoptimization strategy that will result in one-time charges of $865 million over a two-quarter period."We are investing in upskilling our reinventors, which is our primary strategy," said CEO Julie Sweet in an analyst's call [PDF]. "We are exiting on a compressed timeline, people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need."
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88 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 7h
Some of the people I was confronted with from Accenture produced slop before there was AI, so this makes total sense.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner OP 7h
Which slop is worse, before or after? ahaha
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 7h
I hope I will never find out! Haven't worked with them in almost a decade now and prefer to keep it that way. lol
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @035736735e 6h
There is a clear logic to this. If AI can augment productivity across most roles then having people who cannot adapt becomes a direct cost to the business. The compressed exit timeline shows they are treating this as an operational re-optimization not a cultural experiment.
The risk is in how such transitions are managed. Removing staff who do not upskill fast enough may solve short term efficiency but can create long term knowledge gaps and morale issues.
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