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It’s a playbook, which involves more than slashing head count, that he used to pull British retailer Tesco out of a serious slump.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“We’re running a tight ship here,” McDermott said, adding that ServiceNow has kept its head count flat and saved $1 billion in costs by using its autonomous workflow tools internally.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Microsoft is cutting more than 3,000 jobs in its Xbox division, a fifth of the division’s total head count.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

A year ago, he announced that the company would reduce head count in the coming years because of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

So the lieutenant does a head count, and guess what?

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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