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据金融时报报道，普华永道英国成员机构启动一轮“自愿离职”（即无声裁员并附带离职津贴），离职的员工被要求不得告知同事他们离职的原因，如果要发送离职相关信息，必须采用人力资源部提供的 “建议措辞”。
知情人士告诉《金融时报》，最近几周，普华永道在英国多个办事处推出了一项新的自愿离职计划，但尚未在内部就此举发布任何官方公告。
知情人士表示，已向获得离职方案的员工逐一发出通知。他们被告知，如果接受了离职方案，不得告诉其他员工，如果要给同事发送离职信息，也要按照人力资源部门提供的脚本进行。
《金融时报》查阅的发给离职员工的指南中，普华永道表示："如果您决定接受这项自愿离职提议，您可以向特定群体发送离职通知，但通知中不得提及自愿离职提议或离职情况（以下为建议措辞，但我们知道您会想对此自己调整）。
"当然，也不得贬低普华永道或其员工/合伙人。企业可决定何时发送此信息，以及企业是否希望在发送信息前对其进行审查"。
指南继续指出 "您的通信内容应遵循这一方法.......... 在最近与我的领导讨论后，我决定离开普华永道。对我来说，做出这个决定并不容易，但现在我做出了这个决定，我对自己的未来和即将到来的新机遇感到非常兴奋。我非常享受在普华永道工作的时光，也非常享受与如此才华横溢的同事共事的机会。
普华永道英国去年年底裁员约600人。
普华永道拒绝透露自愿离职计划所针对的职位数量，但一位知情人士表示，这是一轮“重要的裁员”。据知情人士透露，该计划针对的是普华永道在伦敦和贝尔法斯特的咨询、风险、运营和管理服务部门。普华永道不愿就其他办公室和业务线是否也受到影响发表评论。
普华永道表示："我们必须不断审查我们的业务状况，以应对不断变化的客户需求、流失率和新机遇。通过有限的定向自愿离职，我们可以继续在入门级和需要不同技能的地方招聘。"
一位知情人士表示，该指导意见与普华永道通常采取的 “有针对性的自愿离职 ”做法一致，并补充说，与强制裁员相比，员工可获得更高的离职补贴。
原文如下：
PwC asks for silence from departing staff in programme of UK job cuts
Affected people ordered not to tell colleagues why they are leaving and given ‘suggested wording’ for farewell messages
PwC has launched a round of “silent lay-offs” in the UK, with affected staff told they must not inform colleagues why they are leaving and have to follow a “suggested wording” if they want to send goodbye messages.
The Big Four accountancy firm has launched a new voluntary severance programme across multiple UK offices in recent weeks, but has not made any official announcements internally about the move, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.
Staff who have been offered a package to leave have been notified individually, the people said. They have been told they must not tell other staff if they accept the offer and to follow a script provided by HR if they want to send leaving notes to colleagues.
In guidance sent to affected employees, reviewed by the FT, PwC said: “Should you decide to accept this voluntary offer, it is possible for you to send out a note to a defined group, however this must not refer to the voluntary severance offer or the circumstances of leaving (suggested wording for this note is given below but we recognise that you will naturally want to personalise this).
“Naturally, it must also not be derogatory to PwC or its employees/partners. It is down to business discretion as to when this message can be sent out and if the business wishes to review messages before they are sent out.”
The guidance continues: “The content of your comms should follow this approach . . . ‘Following recent discussions with my [relationship leader], I have taken the decision to leave PwC. It hasn’t been an easy decision for me to reach but now that I have, I am excited about what the future holds for me and the new opportunities on the horizon. I have really enjoyed my time at PwC and the opportunity to work with such talented colleagues.’”
The latest moves come after PwC cut around 600 roles at the end of last year following a significant drop in the number of people leaving the firm.
PwC declined to say how many roles were being targeted by the voluntary severance programme, but one person familiar with the matter said it was a “significant round”. The programme is targeting the firm’s consulting, risk and operational and managed service divisions in London and Belfast, according to people familiar with the detail. The firm would not comment on whether other offices and business lines were also affected.
PwC said: “We have to keep the shape of our business under review to respond to changing client demand, attrition rates and new opportunities. Through limited targeted voluntary severance, we can continue to recruit at entry level and where different skills are needed.”
One person familiar with the scheme said the guidance was consistent with what PwC usually did for “targeted voluntary severance”, adding that staff receive an enhanced package compared with compulsory redundancy.
All of the Big Four — Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC — have cut hundreds of jobs each in the UK in recent months after the worsening economic backdrop hit demand for some of their services. Source Global, a sector analyst, has forecast that Britain’s consulting market will struggle to grow this year.
PwC’s UK partners were paid an average of £906,000 in the year to June 2023, down from £1.03mn during the previous year.
The scheme also comes just weeks before Marco Amitrano, the firm’s former consulting leader, is set to succeed Kevin Ellis as senior partner.
