US EditionAccenture Links Senior Promotions to AI Usage Amid the Automation Race
- This month, Dublin-headquartered Accenture told associate directors and senior managers that promotion to leadership would require regular adoption of its AI tools and began collecting weekly log-ins for some senior employees, saying use will influence this summer's leadership-level promotion decisions.
- After buying Faculty last month, Accenture accelerated efforts to embed AI across client work, saying `Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work`.
- Accenture employs 780,000 employees globally and says more than 550,000 have been trained in generative AI, with Anthropic training 30,000 and Palantir training over 2,000 staff.
- Some senior employees have threatened to quit and called the initiative `chivvying`, with critics describing the tools as `broken slop generators` and one vowing to `quit immediately`.
- Accenture is racing to finish the Reinvention Services reorganisation announced last June as the firm faces a sector-wide slowdown, with its share price down 42% over the past year and market value about $137 billion.
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Accenture Ties Promotions to AI Tool Usage; Senior Staff Face Mandate After CEO Julie Sweet’s ‘Adapt or Exit’ Warning | 📲 LatestLY
Accenture has tied senior promotions to AI tool adoption, following CEO Julie Sweet’s warning that those failing to adapt may be "exited." Despite some staff calling the tools "slop generators," the firm is tracking logins to ensure usage. The move aims to reverse a 42 per cent share price drop. 📲 Accenture Ties Promotions to AI Tool Usage; Senior Staff Face Mandate After CEO Julie Sweet’s ‘Adapt or Exit’ Warning.
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The Economic TimesAccenture warns senior staff to use AI tools—or risk missing out on leadership roles
Accenture has implemented a policy tying senior employees career advancement to AI usage. Weekly log-ins to internal AI tools, including AI Refinery, are currently monitored, and “regular adoption” of AI is required for leadership promotions. Staff in specific European countries and U.S. federal contract divisions are exempt. While the firm trains hundreds of thousands in generative AI, some senior employees criticize the tools as “broken slop g…
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