Accenture has trimmed over 11,000 jobs globally in the last three months as the consulting major reorganises its workforce for the artificial intelligence era. The company said it is letting go of employees who cannot be reskilled for AI-related roles, even as it looks to expand its overall headcount in the coming financial year.

On an earnings call, CEO Julie Sweet explained that the company is accelerating exits for employees who cannot be retrained with AI capabilities, while simultaneously stepping up hiring in specialised areas. “We are exiting on a compressed timeline, people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need," she said.

As of August-end, Accenture’s global workforce stood at 779,000, lower than 791,000 three months earlier. The

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