裁员潮波及到咨询行业。
当地时间3月23日，全球IT外包服务和咨询巨头埃森哲宣布，将在未来18个月内裁员1.9万人，约占其总员工数的2.5%。这是全球经济前景恶化削弱企业IT服务支出的最新迹象。
埃森哲强调，裁员主要是因为希望在客户的IT支出放缓的情况下，削减成本并简化运营，这次裁员的多数员工属于非计费企业职能，其他招聘仍在继续，预计将耗费15亿美元，主要是员工的遣散费。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
埃森哲宣布裁员的同时，也发布了截至2月28日的2023财年第二财季财报：第二财季营收为158.1亿美元，同比增长5%，调整后每股收益为2.69美元。新增预订量为221亿美元，以美元计增长了13%，以当地货币计增长了17%。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
埃森哲预计第三财季营收将在161亿美元至167亿美元之间，而分析师普遍预期为166.5亿美元。不过，埃森哲下调2023财年全年营收增长预测，目前预计增长8%-10%，低于此前预期的8%-11%。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
自去年年底以来，由于高通胀和利率上升导致的需求低迷，科技行业已经裁员数十万人。《华尔街日报》指出，年初裁员大多集中在科技领域，包括脸书母公司Meta、推特、谷歌母公司Alphabet、微软和亚马逊等，科技行业减速也对华尔街产生影响，相关交易收入下滑。
行业对IT外包和咨询业务前景感到悲观。路透社报道称，竞争对手Cognizant Technology Solutions上个月指出，2022年预订量（即IT服务公司正在进行的交易）增长“疲软”，并预测季度收入低于预期。IBM公司和印度顶级IT服务公司塔塔咨询服务公司也指出了欧洲的疲软，俄乌冲突影响了客户支出。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
埃森哲首席执行官朱莉·斯威特（Julie Sweet）在财报发布后的电话会议上表示：“公司仍专注于执行压缩转型。”他指的是企业如何在动荡的经济形势下努力瘦身。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
埃森哲裁员之际，市场预测，全球IT支出预计到2023年将达到4.5万亿美元，比去年增长2.4%，但还不到研究公司Gartner去年10月份预估的一半。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
路透社援引总部位于美国的企业技术研究公司对1000多名IT决策者进行的一项调查显示，他们计划减少2023年的预算增长。目前的增长预期为3.4%，低于2022年10月的5.6%。这些数据表明，咨询公司未来的环境非常艰难。数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
翻译：
The layoffs have spread to the consulting industry.
Accenture, the global IT outsourcing services and consulting giant, announced on March 23 local time that it will cut 19,000 jobs, or about 2.5% of its total workforce, over the next 18 months. IT is the latest sign that a worsening global economic outlook is weakening corporate spending on IT services.数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
Accenture emphasized that the job cuts are primarily driven by a desire to cut costs and streamline operations as clients’ IT spending slows. Most of the layoffs are in non-billable corporate functions. Other hiring is continuing and is expected to cost $1.5 billion, mainly in severance pay.数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
Accenture announced the layoffs along with its earnings report for the second quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended Feb. 28: Revenue was $15.81 billion, up 5% from a year earlier, and adjusted earnings per share was $2.69. New bookings were $22.1 billion, up 13% in dollars and 17% in local currencies.数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
Accenture forecast revenue of $16.1 billion to $16.7 billion in its fiscal third quarter, compared with a consensus analyst estimate of $16.65 billion. Accenture lowered its full-year revenue growth forecast for fiscal 2023, however, and now expects 8% to 10% growth, down from its previous estimate of 8% to 11%.数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
The tech sector has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs since late last year amid sluggish demand caused by high inflation and rising interest rates. The Wall Street Journal noted that most of the layoffs at the start of the year were concentrated in the tech sector, including Facebook parent Meta, Twitter, Google parent Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon. The slowdown in the tech sector also affected Wall Street, with related trading revenue falling.
The industry is pessimistic about the prospects for IT outsourcing and consulting. 数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
Rival Cognizant Technology Solutions last month noted “soft” growth in 2022 bookings. Or deals IT services firms are doing, and forecast weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue, Reuters reported. IBM Corp and Tata Consultancy Services, India’s top IT services firm. Also pointed to weakness in Europe, where the Russia-Ukraine conflict has hurt customer spending.
“The company remains focused on executing the compression transition,” Accenture Chief Executive Julie Sweet said on a post-earnings conference call. He was referring to how companies are trying to slim down in a volatile economy.
Accenture’s job cuts come amid forecasts that global IT spending is expected to reach $4.5tn by 2023. Up 2.4 per cent from last year but less than half the figure predicted by research firm Gartner in October.数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
Reuters cited a survey of more than 1,000 IT decision makers by Us-Based Enterprise Technology Research that showed they plan to reduce budget growth in 2023. Growth is now forecast at 3.4 per cent, down from 5.6 per cent in October 2022. The figures suggest a tough environment ahead for consultancies.数字化转型网szhzxw.cn
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