Deloitte cuts benefits for some U.S. support staff in talent overhaul

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Deloitte is reducing paid family leave from 16 to 8 weeks and cutting PTO by 5–10 days for Center talent model support staff starting January.
The Enterprise Solutions team's adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, including $50,000 for IVF, is eliminated as part of the restructuring impacting select U.S. roles.
Despite 8% U.S. revenue growth to $35.7 billion in fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, Deloitte trims benefits amid cost pressures and a weaker job market.

Benefit changes tied to workforce restructuring

As first reported by Business Insider, internal documents and a recording of a staff meeting show Deloitte is scaling back several benefits for employees classified under its Center talent model, which covers internal support roles such as administration, IT support and finance.The firm says it is modernizing its talent architecture to better reflect differences in employees' skills and client work. Deloitte told employees in January that it was introducing new job titles, creating a new class of leader and organizing the business into four segments: Center, Core, Project and Domain.Under the changes, employees in the Center model are set to receive up to eight weeks of paid family leave and between 18 and 25 days of annual PTO, depending on tenure and seniority. Documents indicate parental and other family leave for some affected employees is being cut from 16 weeks to eight weeks, while additional accruals under Deloitte's pension plan stop after December 31.The revisions also affect the part of Deloitte's Enterprise Solutions team that falls under the Center model. That group is losing a $50,000 adoption and surrogacy reimbursement that covers IVF treatment from January, while PTO for many employees is declining by five to 10 days, although junior employees' PTO remains unchanged in some cases.

Cost pressure spreads across corporate benefits

Deloitte says benefits are regularly updated and tailored for a small subset of professionals to better align with the marketplace. The company employs about 181,000 people in the U.S., though the exact number of workers affected by the latest reductions is unclear.The changes come as companies across sectors tighten workplace policies amid a weaker job market, economic uncertainty and pressure to adapt operations to AI disruption. Deloitte's U.S. head count has expanded over the past three years and its revenue rose 8% to $35.7 billion for the year ended May 31, 2025, but the firm is also dealing with pressure in its accounting, consulting and government contracting businesses.Mercer executive Ravin Jesuthasan says employers facing uncertainty are reviewing labor costs closely, with underused benefits and perks often among the first areas examined. Peter Cappelli of Wharton says companies are getting tougher on workers more broadly, not necessarily because business is in trouble, but because a softer job market gives employers more room to cut and demand more.Deloitte is keeping several other benefits in place for affected employees, including medical and dental coverage, a well-being subsidy, bereavement leave, tuition assistance, a 401(k) savings plan for Enterprise Solutions staff, and 15 companywide disconnect days plus holidays. One employee with more than 10 years at the firm described the changes as a major step backward from what had previously been strong benefits.

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