It’s finally as we predicted previously. The big 4 accounting firms are laying people off in the U.S. now. Deloitte is going to cut 5% of their workforce in the united states.

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Deloitte has over 100,000 staff in the U.S., so this will mean that about 5,000 people lose their jobs. They made this announcement in an all staff meeting earlier today.

Deloitte will most likely let people with the lowest utilization go first. This means that people that worked in industries that were hit the hardest will be let go first.

This includes industries like:

  • Oil & Gas
  • Retail
  • Travel & Leisure

People that are lower on the performance scale will also likely be let go first.

Deloitte Layoff Stats

Many of the cuts will come from the consulting division as their profits have been hit the hardest. Consulting revenue is said to be down 15-20%.

Again consulting is often viewed as discretionary spending by corporations. It’s always the first to get cut.

To stay up to date on Big 4 Layoffs make sure to check out our Big 4 Layoff Tracker.

Deloitte Canada Layoffs

Deloitte Canada already announced layoffs in May 2020. They laid off about 200 workers from the Toronto office.

The numbers by line of service are as follows

  • 100+ from consulting
  • 90 from audit
  • 30 from tax

Deloitte has over 12,000 employees in Canada. Deloitte said that the cuts were part of business forecasting.

Deloitte Australia Layoffs

As of June 2020, Deloitte has announced that they will cut 7 percent of their workforce in Australia. Deloitte had previously announced paycuts in Australia to avoid layoffs.

According to Deloitte Australia’s own website they have 8,000 employees in Australia. They have 14 offices across Australia. There are 790 partners in Deloitte Australia. These means that Deloitte most likely laid off somewhere between 500 and 600 employees.