PwC Eliminates 150 Support Jobs as Part of ‘Modernization’ Bid

Big Four accounting and advisory firm PwC LLP has shed about 150 jobs across marketing, human resources, and other US support roles as the firm looks to streamline its work with the help of technology like AI.

Impacted employees learned of the layoffs this week, PwC said Thursday.

The cuts represent 1.5% of the firm’s 10,000 business services staff and a fraction of its 75,000-person US workforce. The reduction is part of a longer-term effort “modernizing and simplifying” its back-office unit, including through the use of new artificial intelligence tools, the firm said. The Wall Street Journal first reported the ...