Giant company Deloitte will recruit 50 thousand people in India. This is important because recently Oracle has laid off 30 thousand people, of which about 12 thousand are Indians. The reason for Oracle’s decision is AI, while Deloitte is also going to hire people for AI roles. That is, on one hand, people are losing their jobs due to AI, while on the other hand, companies like Deloitte are creating new opportunities in this too.
Big companies have taken tough decisions
According to media reports, the matter of hiring 50 thousand people has been revealed by the company’s South Asia COO, Nitin Kini himself. This decision of Deloitte is important because big and renowned companies are continuously doing layoffs. Evicting people. Before Oracle, Amazon and Google all have taken strict steps.
AI is changing the role of people
When people’s jobs are in limbo and uncertain due to AI, Deloitte is taking forward its operations in India in a new form. According to media reports, the company believes that AI is changing the role of people in jobs. According to the company, their focus is on reskilling and creating new opportunities for people. The company has indicated that it will not reduce the employees but will prepare them for new tasks by training them in AI. If explained in simple language, easy work will be done by AI, but difficult work will be done by AI under the supervision of people.
30 thousand people got training
Deloitte is adopting a different strategy from other companies regarding Artificial Intelligence. It has given good training in AI to its 30 thousand employees. The company has also changed the roles of all its employees and transferred them to new roles. Apart from this, the company is also investing money in the training of its employees. It is investing 9 percent of its revenue on increasing its capacity, innovation and development of its employees.
This step of Deloitte is very important in the context of India. Nearly one-third of the company’s workforce is in India. This shows that the company is giving a lot of importance to the people of India in view of AI.
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