The airline will send 850 back office jobs, “mostly” to India, through professional services firm Accenture.
The airline will send 850 back office jobs, “mostly” to India, through professional services firm Accenture.
Qantas Airways announces it will slash 850 roles over coming years, with the first changes expected to be in place by mid-2027.
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The airline is the latest big Australian corporate to outsource a major technology overhaul to external consultants.
Qantas to cut hundreds of jobs; The Federal Government announces a new artificial intelligence regulator; and in sport, another signing for the new Papua New Guinea NRL team.
The cuts come after the airline inked a deal with professional services firm Accenture and builds on earlier reductions of staff at the airline’s head office at Mascot in Sydney.
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Australian carrier announces agreement with Accenture amid ‘unprecedented’ technological disruption, CEO Vanessa Hudson says
The cuts come after the airline inked a deal with professional services firm Accenture and builds on earlier reductions of staff at the airline’s head office at Mascot in Sydney.
‘100 percent a national security threat’: an Accenture contractor’s Claude agent appears to have sent Pentagon logins to a risky site.
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Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.
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“Honestly, this is disappointing”: Accenture Claude users who spent up to $1,000 a month now get $29, with projects paying the rest.