BT Group AI layoffs

Timeline

1. Jun 16, 2025−10,000 cut
   MixedTechnology · GBCopy link

   BT Group's 2023 plan to shed up to 55,000 jobs by 2030 (about 42% of its workforce) attributed roughly 10,000 of the reductions directly to digitisation, automation and AI; the rest is network build-out and natural attrition. In June 2025 CEO Allison Kirkby told the Financial Times the original plan 'did not reflect the full potential of AI' and that BT could end up 'even smaller by the end of the decade'. Tracked here at the ~10,000 AI/automation-attributed portion, not the full 55,000. UK telecom.

   CEO Allison Kirkby told the FT the 55,000-job plan 'did not reflect the full potential of AI' and BT could be 'even smaller by the end of the decade'.

   Sources:

   • The Register / FT: BT chief says AI could cut more staff (citing Financial Times)

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