Sources: Accenture told executives that promotions would require “regular adoption” of AI and it is starting to track some senior staff's weekly AI tool logins
Consulting firms use ‘carrot and stick’ with some senior staff less willing to use technology than junior colleagues
Accenture, which laid off 11K+ employees in the past three months, warns of more cuts if workers cannot be retrained to have the skills needed for the age of AI
I wonder if this is people who didn't meet some threshold of AI tools usage or people in roles eliminated due to AI productivity gains who don't have skills for other roles? …
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cuts $5.1B in IT and consulting contracts, such as with Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen, calling them “wasteful spending”
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered cuts at the Pentagon including some consulting contracts.
Source: X's new Trust and Safety moderation team in Austin with 100 content moderators was initially envisioned as a 500-person team in the Bay Area
and if you're like me, your first thought is probably... is this for real? I spoke current and former X staffers familiar with T&S, and Twitter's former T&S council to get some answers. https://fortun...
A group of ~120 Google contract workers employed via Accenture seek to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union, saying that Alphabet is their “joint employer”
Bloomberg :
The Meta Connect keynote felt overscripted and “incredibly thirsty”; the long pitch for VR and the metaverse came off as one of tech's hardest sells in a decade
humanize the company and the work in this space in particular — but it just feels forced with these memorized scripts. “Totally.” Ryan Mac / @rmac18 : Also interesting Zuckerberg brings out Accenture ...
[Thread] A Facebook moderator at Accenture who just quit decries inadequate mental health support and says the current system is bad for Facebook itself
A Facebook content moderator contracted through Accenture in Austin quit this morning with a blistering internal note. I've typed it out in full so people can read it for themselves. https://twitter.c...
Accenture names its North America head Julie Sweet as CEO as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation
becoming the first female leader of the consulting giant as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation. https://www.ft.com/...
Accenture names its North America head Julie Sweet as CEO as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation
becoming the first female leader of the consulting giant as it expands its focus on technological and digital transformation. https://www.ft.com/... Arianna Huffington / @ariannahuff : Congratulations...
Cloudera says CEO Tom Reilly is retiring and will leave the company's board, with board member Martin Cole to become interim CEO; stock down 40%+
KEY POINTS — Interim CEO Martin Cole is a former Accenture executive who has been on Cloudera's board since 2014. — Cloudera CEO Tom Reilly.