The reality is you won't be costing 80 people their jobs. Some might lose but in a lot of cases the analysts will switch duties slightly to first validating yo

The reality is you won't be costing 80 people their jobs. Some might lose but in a lot of cases the analysts will switch duties slightly to first validating your output, then on to finding new issues etc. Some will likely be let go or asked to move to a different position over time but it won't happen immediately. Either way, progress doesn't stop, so whether you do it or management hires some firm in the future to come do automate the process it will happen. I know it seems a little cold, but what I found through being a consultant and automating processes like this is that rarely was there any significant layoff of people. Usually instead people get reassigned after some proof that the system works. And more likely the directors and managers of those departments start finding ways to use those people to improve other areas, because they can now, since mundane crap is off their plate.