思科计划在需求和人工智能投资放缓的情况下进行新一轮裁员

币界网Published on 2024-08-12Last updated on 2024-08-12

币界网报道:

思科系统股份有限公司正准备大幅裁员,计划裁员4000人或更多。在此之前,今年早些时候发生了类似的事件,当时该公司决定解雇4000名员工,实际上占其全部员工的5%。

宣布的裁员与订单数量的减少以及对包括人工智能在内的新的有前景的方向的关注有关。这一轮裁员可能会伴随着下周的思科第四季度财报,该财报预计将于本周三发布。

思科加大人工智能投资并设定雄心勃勃的目标

截至2023财年末,员工总数接近85000人,具体取决于新的裁员幅度是否小于或大于2月份的裁员幅度。思科最近一直在加大人工智能支出,为增长奠定基础。该公司计划到2025财年获得10亿美元的人工智能产品预订。

今年3月,思科以280亿美元收购了网络安全公司Splunk。收购后,思科的股价在2024年5月16日的早盘交易中上涨了4%,原因是对第四季度需求的估计增加以及网络安全交易的优势。

这种对人工智能的关注与世界各地其他科技公司的情况相呼应。Meta和谷歌等大型科技公司正在将其整合到他们的应用程序中。据估计,到2030年,人工智能可能为全球经济总量贡献高达3.5万亿至15.7万亿美元。

科技行业面临大规模裁员和重组

思科是最新一家加入这一行列并在组织中实施裁员的公司。戴尔科技公司报告称,今年裁员数千人。同样,据报道,英特尔计划裁减15000个职位。

Layoff.fyi表示,今年科技行业规模大幅缩减。目前,397家公司已经裁员,导致今年有130482名员工被解雇。相比之下,2023年,1193家公司减少了264220名员工。

值得注意的是,人工智能的整合在全球范围内进展更快,非洲正面临重大问题。根据牛津洞察公司2023年的一份最新报告,非洲国家对人工智能的准备程度最低。此外,撒哈拉以南非洲国家的准备程度也最低,在25个人工智能准备程度最低的国家中排名第21位。

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