{"id":596967,"date":"2026-11-10T14:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=596967"},"modified":"2026-11-10T14:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:32:36","slug":"qantas-the-spirit-of-australia-will-axe-over-800-australian-jobs-and-send-them-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=596967","title":{"rendered":"Qantas, the \u201cspirit of Australia,\u201d will axe over 800 Australian jobs and send them to INDIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a staggering betrayal of local workers, Qantas is slashing 850 Australian corporate roles after inking an outsourcing deal with Accenture to shift its office operations overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first to go is, finance, procurement, HR and marketing staff. The cull is expected to be finished by the middle of next year. This follows earlier job cuts at the Mascot head office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO Vanessa Hudson<\/a> said it\u2019s \u201chard news\u201d and she\u2019s \u201csorry for the uncertainty.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She claims it\u2019s about efficiency, AI, and bizarrely \u201cinvesting in our customers, our people and our future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future\u2019s obviously in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same airline that previously told the Australian Services Union there was \u201cno plan to offshore any Australian jobs\u201d is now doing exactly that under a program called Project iQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accenture<\/a> has more than 84,000 staff in India. Qantas is using them because, in Hudson\u2019s words, \u201cwe cannot hire at the pace this work needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High fuel prices are being blamed, before she took a leaf out of Anthony Albanese\u2019s book and also blamed the \u201cwar in the Middle East\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Capacity has already been cut. Now Australian workers are being cut too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ASU warned this would be a \u201cdeep breach of trust with the Australian public who have stuck by this airline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That moment has arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll never fly them again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nPosts by Ryandally08<\/a>