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Square Enix announced mass layoffs affecting over 100 UK staff and potentially US workers as part of a restructuring to cut costs and consolidate around their Japanese base, aiming to save approximately $19.6 million annually, with the layoffs not directly related to their AI automation plans.
McKinsey & Co. is offering some UK staff nine months' pay, along with career-coaching services and other resources, to leave the firm, in the latest personnel shakeup at the management-consulting company. This move follows a warning to some US consultants about promotion opportunities running out.
P&O Cruises and Cunard, both part of the Carnival group, have threatened to fire and rehire over 900 UK-based crew members unless they accept salary cuts and more flexible working arrangements. The affected crew, including officers on the Queen Mary 2, face dismissal in early 2024 if they do not agree to changes that could reduce their annual earnings by up to 20%. The move has drawn criticism from the union for maritime professionals, Nautilus International, and calls for the UK government to outlaw the practice of fire and rehire. This situation echoes a similar employment scandal involving P&O Ferries last year.