Saturday, May 16, 2026

Yet another headline that pairs job loss with AI (Makes no business sense edition)

 
Top headline:  TUM Partners of Excellence, 12/5/2024
Headline:  CIO, 5/14/2026

Grant Gross reports:
A huge majority of large enterprises have laid off employees after rolling out AI initiatives, but reducing headcount doesn’t lead to the ROI executives may expect.  [emphasis added]
Eighty percent of large enterprises surveyed by Gartner have reported workforce reductions after launching automation projects, with the average reduction between 1% and 15%. The IT analyst firm, however, has found no correlation between layoffs and AI ROI. 
Enterprises reporting significant ROI from automation initiatives have laid off workers at a similar pace as enterprises reporting modest ROI gains, or negative ROI, from automation initiatives, indicating that layoffs and returns aren’t connected, says Helen Poitevin, digital workplace analyst at Gartner.

Related posts:
May 2026
Cisco Systems.  (5/14)
General Motors.  (5/13)
Meta 1984.  (5/11)
IA edition.  (5/8)
Freshworks.  (5/7)
Coinbase.  (5/7)

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