AI is rapidly transforming Australia’s workforce, it seems, replacing experienced employees and creating job insecurity without adequate support, planning, or ethical safeguards in place.
The move comes ahead of a looming deadline for federal agencies to submit workforce restructuring plans to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
This restructuring is a key component of the company’s “Fit for Growth” programme. CEO Tobias Meyer emphasized that the cuts will occur through natural attrition rather than forced layoffs.