Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video
9 months ago
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- Atlassian terminated 150 staff via a pre-recorded video.
- CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes sent the video titled 'Restructuring the CSS Team: A Difficult Decision for Our Future'.
- Affected staff reportedly received six months' pay.
- Terminations seem to focus on European operations due to contract complexities.
- Atlassian has embedded AI in its customer contact solutions.
- Former co-CEO Scott Farquhar advocates for daily AI use in Australia.
- Farquhar believes AI will transform businesses and governments.
- Staff felt Farquhar would have delivered the termination message more gently.
- Terminations linked to reduced need for customer service teams post-cloud migration.
- Commonwealth Bank also cut jobs amid AI integration, focusing on automating simple queries.