The Big 4 accountancy firms are cutting jobs and scaling back their graduate recruitment programmes as they turn to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to do entry-level work, writes Louis Goss in the Daily Telegraph.
Goss said hundreds of roles have been cut over the past two years as the Big 4 seek to maintain the £1m partner payouts, in the face of the downturn in the consultancy market.
The cuts mean hundreds fewer school leavers and university graduates joining the likes of KPMG, Deloitte’s, PwC and EY, compared to 2023, as AI takes up many of the tasks they were given!
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