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Wondering what redundancy deals Accenture will offer staff? Here’s what it paid earlier this year

The firm already laid off 404 workers in 2023. Internal documents show what those staff got – and offer an indication of what might be on the table this time

Accenture made a series of adjustments to the payouts it offered impacted staff earlier this year

Tech experts and government ministers alike would have taken a sharp intake of breath on Monday, when Accenture announced plans to lay off 890 staff at its Irish operation.

The figure – 14 per cent of Accenture’s 6,500 headcount in Ireland – is the largest announced by any company during the so-called ‘downsizing’ of the technology sector in the last nine months.

Given the scale of the job cuts, it’s hardly a surprise that Taoiseach ...