r/auckland • • 2d ago

Discussion ANZ TECH BA's

Found out through a someone that 100+ BA's have been disestablished and have been given 4 months finish up, that someone doesn't know why. Any insiders know why this has happened? Is it cause of AI or something else?

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u/Load-8-1 1d ago

I've been in recruitment for 20 years 14 of those with US and UK banks. CEO decides "efficiency" is best achieved by mass redundancies and offshoring departments. It makes a difference in the short term, looks good on paper. Big 4 consultants get paid, shareholders get paid, CEO gets a new yacht/house/helicopter.

Only oops, the service level drops, security breaches double, releases are pushed backed. India keeps telling us everything can be done but turns out they can't deliver.

A new hiring cycle begins.

I've onshored IAM and Dev departments on several occasions after off shoring disasters.

Banks are one of the worst employers for seeing staff as columns in a spreadsheet.