Accenture’s ‘Low Performer’ Cuts — Smart HR or Corporate Hunger Games?

Send us Fan MailWhat happens when a company decides the bottom 5% of employees just… shouldn’t be there anymore?Well, if you’re Accenture, you call it a strategy. Everyone else might call it something closer to corporate survival of the fittest.In this episode, we break down Accenture’s approach to upskilling employees while simultaneously cutting the lowest performers — because nothing motivates people quite like the looming threat of being next on the list.We dig into: The logic behind performance-based workforce cuts Whether “upskill or you’re out” is actually effective… or just stressful  How these strategies impact employee morale, retention, and culture And whether this is smart HR strategy or just a more polished version of layoffs If your company has ever talked about “raising the bar,” this episode might help you understand what that really means.Spoiler: it’s probably not a team-building exercise.Support the show