Qantas to axe 850 jobs

[markis10]

Feel sorry for staff affected by the new agreement with Accenture

Qantas tells staff 850 roles affected by its Accenture partnership

Qantas chief executive Vanessa Hudson told staff on Tuesday that around 850 roles are expected to be affected over the coming years by a new multi-year partnership with Accenture, starting with finance, procurement, people and marketing, with some services moving to Accenture and delivered...

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[Melburnian1]

While it's good to feel sorry and pray for them, because losing a job can be devastating mentally/emotionally, for relationships and financially, and being gainfully employed gives us a sense of purpose and identity, unfortunately too many Australians have embraced so-called 'working from home' as a 21st century utopia.

Many who worked in offices or on factory floors throughout our working lives without taking non-valid 'sickies' or raiding the fridge/walking the dog believe that 'if a job can be done from home, it can easily be outsourced to Philippines, India, Malta or Bulgaria at a much more attractive cost base to employers', with the newly engaged contractors having similar skills to Oz-domiciled former employees/contractors.

850 jobs going is not a huge percentage of QF's total number of employees, but QF is a much smaller employer than companies like Woolworths or Coles.

 

[clifford]

As well as feeling sorry for the affected employees, I can foresee a period of chaotic change coming up, including for customers, if it's not done right. And Qantas doesn't have a good track record in this regard.

"It's all about the money, stupid".

 

[CaptJCool]

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-group-fast-tracks-technology-and-ai-investment-with-new-accenture-partnership

 

[Hunter4vr]

While it's good to feel sorry and pray for them, because losing a job can be devastating mentally/emotionally, for relationships and financially, and being gainfully employed gives us a sense of purpose and identity, unfortunately too many Australians have embraced so-called 'working from home' as a 21st century utopia.

Many who worked in offices or on factory floors throughout our working lives without taking non-valid 'sickies' or raiding the fridge/walking the dog believe that 'if a job can be done from home, it can easily be outsourced to Philippines, India, Malta or Bulgaria at a much more attractive cost base to employers', with the newly engaged contractors having similar skills to Oz-domiciled former employees/contractors.

850 jobs going is not a huge percentage of QF's total number of employees, but QF is a much smaller employer than companies like Woolworths or Coles.

Yeah If a job is seen to be able to be done remotely then the company will find the cheapest way to perform said job. In my opinion support functions in a company are most susceptible to this as the cost of those functions is seen as a pure overhead to the business, a cost that they will always try to keep as low as possible.

 

[drron]

Yeah If a job is seen to be able to be done remotely then the company will find the cheapest way to perform said job. In my opinion support functions in a company are most susceptible to this as the cost of those functions is seen as a pure overhead to the business, a cost that they will always try to keep as low as possible.

With little or no thought for their customers.

 

[Melburnian1]

Yeah If a job is seen to be able to be done remotely then the company will find the cheapest way to perform said job. In my opinion support functions in a company are most susceptible to this as the cost of those functions is seen as a pure overhead to the business, a cost that they will always try to keep as low as possible.

yes, from the many companies I've read about, it's never the managers whose jobs are transferred overseas.

But some managers do lose jobs if there's a flattening of structures, as it's so euphemistically described.

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

This has been happening (and accelerating) since long before people were more regularly working from home.

 

[desafinado74]

The timing from these "Aussie" companies are impeccable. Retrenchment announcement just before Christmas. Pathetic.

 

[mbe1510]

Just think how much could Qantas save by outsourcing the board and CEO to a third party that can be paid substantially less and requires fewer exorbitant bonuses!!!!

 

[Ade]

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