{"id":23193,"date":"2026-05-21T17:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/wisetech-begins-redundancies-but-omits-ai-from-emails-to-chinese-employees-workers-say\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:37:29","slug":"wisetech-begins-redundancies-but-omits-ai-from-emails-to-chinese-employees-workers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/wisetech-begins-redundancies-but-omits-ai-from-emails-to-chinese-employees-workers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"WiseTech begins redundancies \u2013 but omits \u2018AI\u2019 from emails to Chinese employees, workers say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WiseTech has begun informing staff that they will lose their jobs as part of redundancies the company has said is due to artificial intelligence advancements \u2013 although an email to staff in China omitted the word \u201cAI\u201d after a court case against another company in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Staff at WiseTech have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/07\/your-craft-is-obsolete-wisetech-staff-in-limbo-as-ai-touted-as-better-than-humans\">waiting almost three months<\/a> to be told if they are among the 2,000 people the logistics software company is to cut due to advances in AI. The Australian Stock Exchange-listed company announced in late February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/22\/wisetech-redundancies-australia-omits-ai-from-emails-to-chinese-employees\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c154a26d6a5682febab92b6a19b11365e6734008\/470_0_2585_2069\/master\/2585.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b0cf5cbb91e3ebe7ad737993df9a5b45\" title=\"WiseTech begins redundancies \u2013 but omits \u2018AI\u2019 from emails to Chinese employees, workers say\" \/>ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nWiseTech has begun informing staff that they will lose their jobs as part of redundancies the company has said is due to artificial intelligence advancements \u2013 although an email to staff in China omitted the word \u201cAI\u201d after a court case against another company in the country.<br \/>\nStaff at WiseTech have been waiting almost three months to be told if they are among the 2,000 people the logistics software company is to cut due to advances in AI. The Australian Stock Exchange-listed company announced in late February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASX-listed company announced in February it would lay off almost 30% of its 7,000-strong workforce across 40 countries Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast WiseTech has begun informing staff that they will lose their jobs as part of redundancies the company has said is due to artificial intelligence advancements \u2013 &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/wisetech-begins-redundancies-but-omits-ai-from-emails-to-chinese-employees-workers-say\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WiseTech begins redundancies \u2013 but omits \u2018AI\u2019 from emails to Chinese employees, workers say<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23193"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}