Accenture’s AI Purge: CEO Julie Sweet Orders 11,000+ Employees to “Reskill or Exit”
Accenture’s AI-Driven Restructuring Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a leading IT consulting giant, confirmed in late September 2025 that it has “reduced its global workforce by more than 11,000 in the past three months” financialexpress.com. Company statements and SEC filings tie these cuts to a strategic pivot: a six-month, $865 million restructuring to better align its talent with AI, cloud and digital services timesofindia.indiatimes.com reuters.com. CEO Julie Sweet explained on the earnings call that as “advanced AI becomes core to the company’s strategy,” Accenture is demanding an industry-wide scale of retraining. Sweet bluntly warned that staff unable to be reskilled will be phased