AI & Jobs Accenture's $865M 「Reskill-or-Exit」 Six-Month Bet Hit 85,000 AI Specialists in March — Sweet's April 29 Line: 「The Hardest Part Is Still Ahead」
Accenture booked $865M in restructuring charges last September to exit workers who can't be retrained for AI. By Q2 FY26 (March) the firm had 85,000 AI/data specialists — beating its 80,000-by-year-end target. CEO Julie Sweet's April 29 Fortune line was that the hardest part is still ahead.