Cutting jobs via offshoring first then using artificial intelligence to automate is becoming common in corporate Australia. It’s brutal news for white-collar workers.
Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson would know exactly what’s coming.
When you have the sort of history of brutal job cuts that Qantas does, it’s inevitable that the headlines around the airline’s new offshoring deal with consulting giant Accenture will fixate on the 850 jobs that will eventually be cut .
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India has positioned itself as a global hub of skilled, cheap labour, and Australian companies are cashing in and moving more jobs to its shores.
When bonuses are tied to profits, company leaders make short-term decisions that benefit themselves.
Australian carrier announces agreement with Accenture amid ‘unprecedented’ technological disruption, CEO Vanessa Hudson says
The airline will send 850 back office jobs, “mostly” to India, through professional services firm Accenture.
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 Australian airline said the move was aimed at modernising its IT systems and noted the impact of AI.
