{"id":175351,"date":"2025-04-07T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/layoff-watch-25-here-comes-the-rif-at-deloitte\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:27:13","slug":"layoff-watch-25-here-comes-the-rif-at-deloitte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=175351","title":{"rendered":"Layoff Watch ’25: Here Comes the RIF at Deloitte"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Well we knew layoffs were coming to Deloitte sooner or later, just didn\u2019t think it would be this much sooner.<\/p>\n

Saw this discussion on r\/deloitte yesterday<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A + C = Advisory and Consulting. Damn you, Big 4 staff and your esoteric acronyms.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s this comment thread:<\/p>\n

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While we were doing some digging to confirm this, Wall Street Journal<\/em> went ahead and confirmed<\/a> because they\u2019re better and faster at their jobs than we are. They even confirmed what the above comment thread said about people not having the balls to leave on their own accord:<\/p>\n

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Deloitte is cutting U.S. workers in its consulting business after the federal government demanded it find ways to shrink the cost of government projects it is working on.<\/p>\n

The Big Four accounting firm didn\u2019t specify how many employees would be targeted. \u201cModest personnel actions\u201d would be taken in the coming weeks based on government clients\u2019 evolving needs, the company said.<\/p>\n

Deloitte also said voluntary employee turnover had slowed down. Since more consultants had stayed in their jobs in recent months, that contributed to the need to reduce its workforce, according to a U.S. spokesman. Overall demand for Deloitte\u2019s advisory services remains strong, he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yeah they always say that last part. That\u2019s a big reason why firms do sneaky silent layoffs (even when it\u2019s obvious to those left behind that their colleagues are being raptured by the God of layoffs<\/a>), because an RIF like this following headlines about Deloitte\u2019s business getting especially hammered by DOGE<\/a> can only mean one thing: business is bad. <\/p>\n

Our instinct is to give Deloitte a little bit of credit for not going the silent layoffs route but it seems like they aren\u2019t being transparent out of consideration for their staff, rather they have no choice but to be honest about it given the scale of layoffs and the news coverage of their issues with the Trump administration. Not to mention last year\u2019s global revenue and growth wasn\u2019t exactly spectacular<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The last time we covered Deloitte reducing its force: Layoff Watch \u201924: Deloitte\u2019s Busy Scaring People with Business Update Meetings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the WSJ coverage said, numbers are unknown at this time. We suspect a round of layoffs won\u2019t be limited to consulting, they\u2019re going to get negative headlines anyway so might as well cut some fat off other areas while they\u2019re at it. You know what would be really evil? Using this as an opportunity to cut extra fat with the intention of replacing departed staff with offshore talent.<\/p>\n

Speaking of\u2026 HEY, what happened to that malarkey they were yapping about with the super fancy AI they were going to use to avoid layoffs<\/a>? Yeah, we called it. Moving people from less in-demand areas to busier areas only works if you have busier areas that can\u2019t be staffed by that unlimited army of Indians the firm has at USI.<\/p>\n

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Our condolences to anyone getting cut who doesn\u2019t want to be. Trust us when we say you\u2019ll be better off for it in the long run.<\/p>\n

If you have more info or would like to share your thoughts, reach out anonymously via email<\/a> or text<\/a>. Hang in there, everybody.<\/p>\n

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