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>The move means that anywhere up to 7,800 jobs at the tech giant’s HR division could be cut, equivalent to around 30% of the overall workforce in the unit. The
by Aerroon 3y ago
>The move means that anywhere up to 7,800 jobs at the tech giant’s HR division could be cut, equivalent to around 30% of the overall workforce in the unit.
These numbers are mindboggling to me. How does a company have 26,000 people dedicated to just HR? That's 9-10% of its entire workforce.
- alexfoo 3y agoIf you read the articles it links to they say “non customer facing roles, such as HR” or similar. It’s just badly quoted in this summary article.
- Aerroon 3y agoAh, I certainly missed that part! That makes more sense.
- petre 3y agoFuture IBM employees will get the boot from generative AI instead of HR people. If hiring will also be done by AI, the process is going to look like Zork, only without a clear script.