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employees and another 57 internationally—in a statement, arguing the San Francisco-based cloud-based software company made cuts now “to hasten the arrival of our future, especially in light of current economic uncertainty.”—the brokerage’s third round of cuts since the start of 2022, including one round last August affecting nearly aare expected to affect more than 1,900 of the accounting firm’s U.S.