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May 21, 2026 – 8.09pm
Tensions between staff and leadership at Wisetech Global over a 2000-strong redundancy round have ratcheted higher, after workers in its Chinese operations revealed internal communication had been modified to remove all references to artificial intelligence as a cause for the job losses.<br>Employees at Australia’s biggest listed technology company were sent long-awaited details of the job cuts on Wednesday, and are set to find out if they are affected on Monday.<br>Loading...
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