Accenture sacks 11000 employees! CEO Julie Sweet breaks silence on lays off, says we are exiting …

Accenture posted a 7 per cent increase in full-year revenues to USD 69.7 billion.

Written by: Anirudha Yerunkar Edited by: Anirudha Yerunkar

Published: September 30, 2025, 12:45 PM IST

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Accenture has laid off more than 11,000 employees worldwide over the past three months. Confirming the same, CEO Julie Sweet stated that the company is rapidly “exiting” staff who cannot be retrained for artificial intelligence roles. The layoffs began earlier this year and are expected to continue until November 2025. 

The company is evolving Accenture’s workforce towards AI-driven services and capabilities. Sweet explained that reskilling was not a viable path for every employee, and positions misaligned with the company’s future needs are being cut on an accelerated timeline.

Accenture Layoffs: What’s Their Future Plans?

At the end of August 2025, Accenture’s global headcount was at 779,000, down from 791,000 three months earlier. Despite the workforce reduction, the company plans to expand its overall headcount during the next fiscal year and focus on hiring AI and data specialists. 

Since 2023, Accenture has doubled its AI and data specialist workforce to 77,000 employees and trained over 550,000 staff in generative AI technologies. CFO Angie Park described the ongoing process as “rapid talent rotation,” in which savings from layoffs and divestment of two acquisitions will be reinvested back into the company’s talent pool and business

Accenture Revenue Rises 7%

Accenture, an IT services and consulting company with a significant workforce in India, on Thursday reported a 7 per cent year-on-year rise in revenue to USD 17.60 billion in the June-August 2025 quarter.

Accenture follows a September-August financial year.  The revenues reflect a foreign-exchange impact of about 2.5 per cent, the company said in a statement.

“I am very pleased with our 7 per cent growth in fiscal 2025, demonstrating our unique ability to deliver for our clients as they seek our help to reinvent and lead with AI. As clients continue to embrace reinvention to create value and drive financial results and business outcomes, they need help to build their digital core, prepare data and reimagine processes, all while training their people to work in entirely new ways,” Accenture Chair and CEO Julie Sweet said.

New bookings during the quarter were USD 21.31 billion, an increase of 6 per cent.

(With Inputs From PTI)