SUSE says it will cut about 10% of its workforce
AI · First reported 3 Nov, 10:31 · Updated 10:55
SUSE plans to lay off one in ten of its nearly 2,000 employees, with CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen citing AI and automation. The report says the company’s email described existing roles diminishing and others changing, while noting that the extent to which AI is directly driving layoffs can be difficult to determine.
- SUSE plans to cut one in ten of its nearly 2,000-person workforce, according to reporting cited in the article.
- CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen told staff that AI and automation are changing software work and that some existing roles have diminished in need.
- The article says it can be difficult to establish whether layoffs attributed to AI result from AI adoption or from other business decisions.
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- Planned workforce reduction
- One in ten employees
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- Nearly 2,000 people
- CEO named in report
- Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen
- Reasons cited by leadership
- AI and automation
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