EY CEO says AI won’t decrease its 400,000-person workforce — but it might help it double in size

If artificial intelligence advances mean the average employee can do twice the amount of work they do today, then EY CEO Janet Truncale could see the consulting giant grow without cutting her head count.

Speaking Monday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, Truncale said, “We’re not going to decrease the size of our workforce” because AI increases productivity, and employees perform at a higher level earlier in their careers.

Her 400,000-person…