WiseTech Global to cut 2000 jobs as AI overhaul reshapes workforce across 40 countries
A major Australian company will slash thousands of jobs as it embraces artificial intelligence in a sweeping overhaul of its operations.
Australian logistics technology giant WiseTech Global will cut about 2000 jobs over the next two years as it pivots heavily towards artificial intelligence, a move that will reshape nearly a third of its global workforce.
The company confirmed the redundancies would affect about 29 per cent of staff across 40 countries, with some teams expected to be slashed by as much as half.
Product and development, along with customer service roles, will be among the first impacted as AI is rolled out across both its software platforms and internal operations.
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Chief executive Zubin Appoo signalled a dramatic shift in how the company built and delivered its technology.
“Software development has experienced its most significant shift in decades,” Mr Appoo said.
“I am prepared to say this clearly: The era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over.
“AI amplifies the productivity of our expertise in logistics and trade, the rich datasets that WiseTech holds, and the network advantage that we have built over 30 years. And it allows us to move faster from ideas to real customer value through the efficiencies it brings in software development and product creation.”
One of the hardest-hit areas is expected to be US-based cloud computing business E2open, which WiseTech recently acquired. That division’s workforce could be slashed by up to 50 per cent.
The company revealed its net profit fell 36 per cent to $US68.1m ($A96.5m) in the six months to December 31, mainly due to costs from integrating E2open.
Revenue, however, surged 76 per cent to $US672m ($A951.6m).
WiseTech pointed to underlying profit, which rose 2 per cent to $US114.5m ($A161.4m), as a clearer measure of performance,
The company will pay an interim fully franked dividend of 6.8 cents per share on April 10.
Originally published as WiseTech Global to cut 2000 jobs as AI overhaul reshapes workforce across 40 countries
